150 A CAT.4iOGTJE OF THE BIRDS 



144. CHENA.LOPEX, Stephens. 



39. EctYpti-Us Goose. C. xEgtptiaca, {Linnceus.) 



Anser ^gyptiacm, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, II., 

 262. 

 „ „ Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 173. 



A place is given to this bird in the catalogue, as it is considered 

 by several ornithologists to be an irregular visitant to this coun- 

 try, and as it has been shot at the Earne Islands ; but I am much 

 inclined to think that all the specimens killed have been escaped 

 birds. 



U5. TADORNA, Fleming. 



40. Shieldrake. T. Beloxit, Raij. 



Anas Tadorna, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, II., 281. 

 Tadorna vnlpmiper, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 235. 



A resident, but not by any means common. It breeds in rab- 

 bit holes on the sandy links by the sea shore between Holy Is- 

 land and Bamborough. 



It occasionally appears in large flocks in the autumn. I saw 

 on the beach near JSTewbiggin-by-the-Sea, in October, 1871, a 

 flock of forty or flfty : they were chiefly immature. 



14(J. SPATULA, Boie. 



41. Shoveller. vS. clypeaia, {LiniKeus.) 



Anas dypenta, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, II., 316. 

 Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 242. 



A spring-and-autnmn migrant, but rather rare. This species 

 bred regularly at Brcstwick Car. Two or three pairs bred there 

 in 1855; nests were also taken in 1853 and 1856; and previ- 

 ously to these dates I had taken its eggs there. It bred once 

 at (.irrindon Loiigh, jX'orthuniberland, and a bird was sliot there 

 on the 12th of May, 1830. I am inclined to believe tluit it has 

 likewise bred at Gosfoi'th Lake, where I saw three pairs at the 



