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Gad WALL {Anas strepera). — One was shot on Jan. 7th,. 

 1893, near Stockton House on the Wylve {W.A.<i; N.H., 

 XXVII., p. 184). 



CtARganey {Anas querquedula). — ^A pair were seen at 

 Downton on April 15th, 1911, and on April 28th, 1912 {Bull. 

 B.O.C., XXX. and XXXII.). 



Shoveler {Spatula clypeata). — Mr. Rawlence tells me of 

 one shot at Bishopstone about 1904. 



Tufted Duck (Nyroca fuligula). — Mr. Ward mentions that 

 one was shot on the Avon near Lacock in January, 1901, 

 and one Avas seen near Stitchcombe on April 2nd, 1910 

 {M.C.N.H.). 



Scaup Duck {Nyroca m. marila). — Mr. E. Cambridge 

 Phillips Avrites that he shot a female at Rowden about 1858, 

 and another was shot on the Canal near Hungerford on 

 Dec. 6th, 1896 {M.C.N.H.). 



Goldeneye {Nyroca c. clangula). — Mr. Ward has one 

 shot at Blackland in Jan., 1885, and Mr. Rawlence tells me 

 of one shot at Britford (no date). 



Common Scoter {Oidemia n. nigra). — One was killed at 

 Marlborough during the fog on the night of April 2nd, 1911 

 {M.C.N. H. and elsewhere). 



CvOOSANDER {Mergus m. merganser). — ^Mr. Cambridge 

 Phillips writes that one was shot near Calne about 1858, 

 and the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain tells me of one shot on the 

 Avon, near Lacock Abbey, on Dec. 24th, 1892. 



Cormorant {Phalacrocorax c. carho). — One was seen at 

 Salisbury in Sept., 1896 {Field, Sept. 19th, 1896). Some 

 twenty-five appeared at Marden on Oct. 2nd, 1902 {Devizes 

 Gazette, Oct. 7th, 1902), and Mr. Picket, the bird-stuffer, of 

 Salisbury, writes that a " Shag or Cormorant " A\'as shot at 

 Britford m 1902. 



Gannet {Sula hassana). — ^A young one was seen five 

 miles from Amesbury on Nov. 16th, 1909 {Field, Nov. 27tli, 

 1909). Mr. J. H. Gurney does not mention any Wiltshire 

 specimens in his list of Gannets mland {The Gannet), although 

 four cases are given in Smith's book. 



Storm-Petrel {Hydrohates pelagicus). — One Avas picked 

 up at Panterwick on Oct. 14th, 1881 {M.C.N.H.), one was 

 shot on Rushall Down on Nov. 20th, 1893 {Devizes Gazette, 

 Nov. 30th ; Field, Dec. 2nd, 1893), the Salisbury Journal 

 of Nov. 17th, 1894, records one picked up in that city, and 



