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—A rare summer visitant. It is here included on the authority 
of Mr. Macaulay, who shot four (at one shot) at Saddington 
Reservoir, in July, 1868. 
Querquedula crecca (Linn.). Common Teal.—Generally dis- 
tributed and breeding. Has been met with on the mill-stream 
at Blaby Mills; in the Abbey Meadow; on the lake at Belvoir; 
and at the reservoirs of Saddington and Knipton. Harley came 
across a brood in a pond choked with rushes and sedges near 
Dishley Mill. The nest, composed of rushes and grass, and 
lined with down, was carefully concealed beneath a small shrub 
which overhung the pond. Both parents assisted in the care of 
the young. In 1844 there was another nest of this species on 
the banks of Groby Pool, where the young, seven in number, 
came abroad early in the month of June. 
Spatula clypeata (Linn.). Shoveller.—A rare winter visitant. 
A specimen recorded in Potter’s ‘ History of Charnwood Forest ’ 
as killed near Charnwood Heath, was in the collection of Mr. 
Gisborne, at Yoxall Lodge. It has also been met with on 
Groby Pool, at Barratt, Syston, Gumley, and Blaby Mills. 
Fuligula cristata (Leach). Tufted Duck.—Not uncommon. 
Probably a resident. Potter, in his ‘ History of Charnwood 
Forest,’ says that it has been shot at Groby by Lord Stamford’s 
keeper. It has also been killed frequently on the River Soar, 
and on the lake at Belvoir, as well as at Coleorton Hall, Little 
Dalby, and upon several large pools in the county, such as 
Saddington Reservoir. 
Fuligula marila (Linn.). Scaup.—A rare winter visitant. 
One was shot on Saddington Reservoir in 1874 (‘ Midland 
Naturalist,’ 1882, p. 79.) 
Fuligula ferina (Linn). Pochard (‘ Dunbird”).—An un- 
common winter visitant. Has been met with at Groby Pool, 
Kegworth, and Leesthorpe. A male Pochard shot at Saddington 
Reservoir, January 15th, 1886, by Mr. A. Perkins, and presented 
by him to the Leicester Museum, weighed 2 Ibs. 1 oz. 
Clangula glaucion (Linn.). Goldeneye.-—An uncommon winter 
visitant, but more often met with in severe winters. Examples 
have been obtained at Groby Pool, Bosworth, Saddington, and 
near Oakham. Mr. John Ryder sent to the Museum a beautiful 
adult male specimen, shot on the lake at Belvoir, on 28th 
October, 1885, 
