316 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
I dissected I found two eggs, one in the ovarium, the other in the 
vagina. The egg is of a greyish white colour, with numerous dull 
red spots of various sizes. The stomach contained larve and 
small seeds. 
Jyna torquillaan—Very common about Reading; rare about 
Newbury. 
Picus viridis and P. major.—Less frequent than formerly. 
P. medius.—Doubtless the young of P. major. 
P. minor.—Common in orchards about Reading. 
Sitta europea.—Very common on lofty trees. The breast of 
the male sometimes roseate. 
Alcedo ispida.--Common about our rivers. Lays nine eggs, 
as I found in July, 1790, whilst bathing. 
Upupa epops.—F our met with near Reading and Wallingford 
in the spring of 1790, one of which was kept alive at a baker's at 
Reading, chiefly on the meal-worm. 
Certhia familiaris.—Although common in trees about dwelling- 
houses I could never yet find the nest. 
Anas.— Cygnus ferus.—Two shot near Reading, Jan. 1795. 
A, tadorna.—Shot near Newbury, 1806. 
A. fusca.—Two shot at Wargrave, Jan. 1795. 
A. nigra.—A male and female shot, Oct. 1792, on the Thames 
near Reading. The male discovered by the protuberance on the 
bill, but neither labyrinth nor enlargement of the trachea. Its 
stomach contained only fluviatile vegetables. The gamekeeper 
who shot them informed me they dived so dexterously that he 
fired twenty shots before he killed them. 
A. marila.—Shot Jan. 24, 1795, near Reading. 
A. egyptiaca.—One shot on the Kennet at Thatcham, near 
Newbury, Jan. 1795. 
A. erythropus. — One shot at Swallowfield, near Reading, 
Jan. 24, 1795. I could not discover the flesh-coloured spot on 
the side of the bill (Latham), yet there was a small vestige of a 
spot. Perhaps a young bird or a female. 
A. bernicla.—Frequently seen about Newbury in severe winters. 
A. molissima [sic].—One shot at Sunning, near Reading, in a 
severe winter. Most delicious eating. 
A. clangula.— Common in very severe winters upon our 
rivers. 
Anas glaucion.—Shot at Reading, Jan. 1792. 
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