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Grey Geese {Anser sp. ?). Fifty flying S., Ambleside (Westmoreland), 

 January 14th ; 100 flying N., Cartmel (Cumberland), February 8th, 

 and fifty to S. on 11th ; many flying N., Grasmere (Westmoreland), 

 10th, and to S. on 28th; large flock flying N.E., Lydiard Milli- 

 cent (Wilts), 28th; two (Grey Lags) seen, Great Fakenham 

 (Suffolk), and three (Pink-footed), the last of winter-residents, 

 Neston (Cheshire), April 8th ; ten winter-residents (White- 

 fronted) departed, Tresco (Scilly Isles), May 1st. 



The Bernacle Goose (JBernicla leucopsis). One shot, Yarmouth 

 (Norfolk), January lGth ; two seen, Great Fakenham (Suffolk), 

 April 8th. 



The Brent Gocse (Bernvla brentd). Large flocks arrived on Sussex 

 coast after gales in January; one caught, Burton-on-Trent 

 (Derby), January 9th ; many coasting S., Yarmouth (Norfolk), 

 10th, and to N. on 18th ; two flying S., Cullercoats (Northumber- 

 land), 11th, and some to N. on 13th. 



The Common Sheld-Duck {Tadoma cornuta). Two pairs. Dee 

 Marshes (Cheshire), April 8th ; eight seen, Barrow-in-Furness 

 (Lancashire), 9th, increase on 10th; seven flying N.E., Spurn 

 Head Lt, (Yorkshire), 18th. 



The Shoveler {Spatula clypeata). One seen, Tatton Mere (Cheshire), 

 February 6th ; none, Romney Marsh (Kent), March 9th, twelve 

 pairs on 14th, fifteen pairs on 21st, and four pairs (residents) on 

 April 2Gth ; one, Dungeness (Kent), and three pairs, Rye Har- 

 bour (Sussex), March 20th. 



The Pintail {Dajila acuta). Male seen, Chingford (Essex), January 26th 

 and February 2nd ; none, Romney Marsh (Kent), March 9th, two 

 pairs on 21st : a pair, Rye Harbour (Sussex), 14th. 



The Teal {Neltion crecca). None, Romney Marsh (Kent), March 9th, 

 eight pairs on 14th, eighty birds on 21st. 



The Pochard {Fuligula ferina). One, Sutton Coldfield (Warwick), 

 January 12th, gone on 18th ; Liugay Fen (Cambridge), none in 

 January, a pair, February 13th, and gone by end of month ; one 

 passing, Cambridge, March 8th. 



The Ferruginous Deck {Fuligula nyroca). One seen, Romney Marsh 

 (Kent), May 21st. 



The Golden-Eye {Clangula glaucion). Four, Marbury Mere (Cheshire), 

 January 12th, eleven on 26th, six on February 9th, and seven on 

 17th ; three, Tatton Mere (Cheshire), February 9th, and two 

 on 23rd ; two, Rostherne (Cheshire), March 30th ; three, Oakmere 

 (Cheshire), April 12th; eleven, Hickling (Norfolk), 13th; pair, 

 passing, Thirlmere (Cumberland), 25th ; one, near Bowdon 

 (Cheshire), 27th. 



The Common Eider {Somateria mollissima) . Two males seen, Colwyn 

 Bay (Denbigh), March 15th. 



