24.5 



THE GAD WALL (Anas strepera). 

 A single Gadwall was recorded from Haselbeach, Northamptonshire, 

 on the 27th of July. 



THE TEAL {Nettion crecca). 

 A few records of this species were received between the 25th of July 

 and the 19th of September, but the numbers were very small and there 

 was nothing to show that the birds were not resident in the localities 

 whence they were reported. The only evidence of migration was the 

 ai'rival of a dozen in N.E. Surrey on the 26th of September at a spot 

 where a single pair only had been seen previousl3^' 



THE WIGEON (Mareca pen elope). 

 A single bird was seen in N.E. Norfolk on the 2nd of August, some 

 returned to Linlithgow Loch on the 26th and to Cromarty Firth two 

 days later, here their numbers had increased to about a hundred by 

 September the 4th and three birds were seen in N.E. Surrey on the 

 11th of September. On the S.E. coast of Yorkshire the first migrants 

 were noticed on the 20th of September and single birds were seen there 

 on the 30th and on the 6th of October, a flock arrived on the 10th and a 

 larger one on the 27th, while large numbers were observed passing south 

 on the 28th of September and a few again on the 23rd of October. The 

 first migrant appeared at the Isle of May (Fife) on the 11th of October. 

 On the 29th large numbers were seen fiying south along the S.E. 

 coast of Suffolk, while a flock over 400 strong arrived in N.W. Leicester- 

 shire on the 1st of November. In the Isle of Man the first migrants 

 arrived on the 18th and a few more on the 2oth of November. 



THE POCHARD {Fuligula ferina) . 

 Eight birds arrived on the reservoirs in N.E. Surrey on November the 

 11th and their numbers gradually increased until by the 21st there were 

 over one hundred. 



THE TUFTED DUCK {Fuligula cristata). 



An increase in numbers was noted in N. Cheshire on the 19th of 

 September, and several were seen in N. Warwickshire on the 14th of 

 November. 



THE LONG-TAILED DUCK {Harelda glacialis). 



A single bird was seen in E. Eoss-shire on the 26th of September, and 

 six ofE Fair Isle on the 14th of October. A few Long-tailed Ducks were 

 seen from the 15th of October onwards at the Isle of May (Fife) ; the 

 first one arrived on the S.E. coast of Yorkshire on the 19th, while eiolit 

 were seen there on the 27th. 



