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times, three together on one occasion, and once a pair. On 
the 16th May I watched a pair actually tread near Lady 
Island. They were at the same place again on the 18th, and 
two other drakes were together on the opposite side of the 
Mere. On the 4th June there were four drakes together on 
Holmes’s promontory ; on the 5th three pairs and six drakes 
in a flock, at Heslop’s reeds—nine drakes in all; on the 29th 
a flock of fifteen drakes rose from these reeds; on Ist July 
thirteen drakes were together at the same place, and three 
or four odd ones in other parts, and a pair—male and female— 
at Wassand end; on the 5th July about a dozen drakes 
were together at the Wassand end in the early morning ; 
on the 6th, eleven were there at 4 a.m., and six more at Heslop’s 
reeds—seventeen in all; on gth July sixteen drakes together, 
which, as usual, flew right away on being disturbed, and 
several more—perhaps six or eight—were in twos and threes 
in other places; on 11th July a single drake ; on 13th about 
fifteen drakes together, and later in the day I disturbed three 
well-fledged young from Heslop’s reeds which had certainly 
not been bred here; on 14th July, at 3 a.m., I saw three 
drakes arrive on the Mere from high overhead; and on the 
15th, again about the same hour, five of them came in from 
far away westwards, and six more about an hour later. On 
other dates were similar occurrences. 
TEAL.—Always a few pairs present, but seldom appear to 
nest here. On 21st April I counted at least twelve pairs on 
the Mere, and about as many, often more, during the next 
week or two. On 28th April I saw six females together in a 
flock, besides many others in pairs, etc. Two or three pairs 
were seen on 7th May, but by the 18th they had become 
scarcer. On 23rd May I saw a male and two females together ; 
on 25th May I sprung a female from her nest in Heslop’s 
reeds, and the fledged young were there later; on 5th June 
at least three pairs were on the Mere, and about a dozen birds 
were together on the 29th; on ist July a flock of thirty- 
nine together, besides several smaller lots and odd birds in 
other parts of the Mere. They all depart westwards like the 
Shovelers, and were also often seen arriving thence. On goth 
July many more were seen, and again on the 15th. 
GARGANEY.—It may be well to add here that a Garganey— 
a bird Taylor had never known to occur there before—was 
shot at Wassand on 2nd October, 1912. It was a female, and 
has been preserved. 
WIGEON.—Six were seen together on the Mere on 2oth 
April, and a pair, in full plumage, together on the next day, 
besides others mixed up with other fowl. A pair was still 
here on the 25th April, but none was seen later. 
PocHarp.—About a dozen pairs were on the Mere on the 
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