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the place with Miss Turner, we put a Shoveller off a nest 
on the Kent side of the boundary, but failed to find any 
Garganey. On a third visit I saw five or six drake Gar- 
ganey, all on the Sussex side, and had little doubt the 
ducks were sitting. Three weeks later, on June 8th, 
I went again with Messrs. J. B. Crosfield and H. M. Wallis ; 
the drought had so affected the marshes that much country 
that had been under water before was quite dry. On the 
other hand, the vegetation had grown so much that it was 
only after a considerable search that we came upon a family 
party : the young birds disappeared among the thick reeds, 
but the mother continued to fly round and round for some 
time. This seems to be conclusive evidence of the Garganey 
breeding in Sussex, a county from which, hitherto, there 
appear to be no records. I hope the species will be able to 
to establish itself in the locality and remain undisturbed.” 
The CuarrmMan, in commenting on the report by 
Mr. Wallis of the extension of the breeding range of the 
Garganey, said that he had observed great alterations in the 
status of the wildfowl on the Tring Reservoirs since he first 
started observations in 1883. Before that time, according 
to the observations of the Rev. H. Harper Crewe, the Coot 
bred in large numbers and Mallard were abundant though 
not in masses, and Pochard bred in fair quantity. From 
1883 to about 1896 matters continued on a similar footing, 
the only remarkable change being the increase of Great 
Crested Grebe from 3 or 4 pairs to about 15 or 20 pairs 
and the appearance of the Tufted Duck as a breeding 
species. The Teal, which was a regular breeding resident, 
now rapidly disappeared, the nest and birds in the breeding 
series of groups in the Natural History Museum being the last 
nest on record. From 1896 to 1915 the Reservoirs were more 
intensively preserved for shooting, and with a large increase 
of Mallard the number of Coots breeding declined, while 
the Great Crested Grebe and Tufted Duck enormously in- 
creased. The largest numberof nests of the Grebe recorded 
in one year was 75, and in the present year, 1918, about 30-35 
