7630 Birds. 



Little Crake {G. pusilla). Occasional. 



Moorhen {G. chloropus). Pernaauent. 



Water Rail {Rallus aquaticus). Abundant in winter. 



Coot [Fulica atra). Permanent. 



Brent Goose {Anser hernicla). Winter. Very seldom seen inland. 



Shoveller {Anas clypeata). Winter. 



Pintail Duck {A. acuta). Winter. 



Wild Duck {A. boschas). Permanent. 



Garganey {A. querquedula). Spring and autumn. 



Teal [A. crecca). Permanent. 



Wigeon {A. penelope). Winter. 

 *E.edcrested Whistling Duck {A. rujina). Very rare. I saw but 

 one, and that was a female, which was in a shop in Brussels, on the 

 15th of April, 1853. It was supposed to have been killed somewhere 

 near the Scheldt, but the precise spot was unknown. 



Pochard [A.ferina). Winter. It probably breeds in Belgium, for 

 young birds are frequently seen in the markets in August. 



Tufted Duck (A./uligula). Winter. 



Goldeneye {A. clangula). Winter. 



Redbreasted Merganser {Mergus serrator). Winter. 



Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus). Permanent. I am 

 inclined to believe that neither the male nor the female attain their 

 adult plumage until the spring of the third year. 



Little Grebe {P. minor). Permanent. 



Cormorant [Carho cormoranus). Occasional. Sometimes killed 

 many miles inland. 



Blackheaded Gull {Larus ridibundiis). Permanent. 



Common Gull (Z. canus). Winter. 



Henry L. Saxby. 



Balta Sound, Shetland, 

 Maj 26, 1861. 



Notes from the Journal of a Naturalist in Sweden.* 



I NEVER recollect a worse season for sporting. The foxes appeared 

 to have killed all our hares in the deep snow. The partridges in our 

 neighbourhood have been swept off to a bird by the long and severe 



* Reprinted from the ' Field ' Newspaper of June 22. The writer is Mr. Wheel- 

 wright, now residing at Gardsjo in Sweden, and well known by a most interesting 

 work on Australian Natural History. 



