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conditions to the preceding. Occasionally three or four are 

 brought to market during winter, which seldom passes without 

 any. Five shot and eight others seen, Jan. 1st, 1893. Several 

 odd birds since. 



C. immutabilis. Polish Swan. — R. I have observed three or 

 four examples of this species or variety in the market, noting the 

 green lines down the toes, the web of the foot being black. 

 Three hung on a game-stall in the market on Oct. 24th, 1890. 

 An example shot on Breydon, Jan. 20th, 1897. Mr. Southwell 

 tells me that in the many hundreds of cygnets which have been 

 received at the Norwich swan-pit, not one example in the white 

 down, which is peculiar to the Polish Swan, has ever been met 

 with. [Stray Mute Swans of various ages are not infrequently 

 shot. Five were killed in two shots on Breydon, Oct. 25th, 1881.] 



Tacloma cornuta. Sheld-duck. — F. A few pairs nest on the 

 North Norfolk coast. During a severe rime-frost in the winter 

 of 1879 an unusual number passed along the beach southward, 

 almost within arm's length. Frequent on Breydon in spring, 

 where it hunts for Mollusca amongst the Potamogeton. It affects 

 the water much less than others of the Anatidce. Seventeen on 

 Breydon, Jan. 13th, 1897, twelve of which I saw hanging on 

 Durrant's stall on the 16th. Local, " Bergander." 



T. casarca. Ruddy Sheld-duck.— A. " On Aug. 18th, 1898, 

 an adult female, quite perfect in plumage, believed to have been 

 shot near Yarmouth, was sent to Mr. Cole for preservation for 

 Mr. Connop's collection" (Nor. N. S.). 



Anas boscas. Mallard. — C. Since the Preservation Acts has 

 certainly become somewhat more plentiful, although local gun- 

 ners are wroth because the landed proprietors make sure of many 

 flappers even before the close-season ends. Frequently crosses 

 with domestic Ducks on the marshes. A cart-load on a game- 

 stall, Feb. 26th, 1881. 



A. strepera. Gadwall. — R. " Two or three generally shot 

 every year on Breydon " (Pagets). It is not the case now. Three 

 shot on Breydon, September, 1881, and afterwards hung up at 

 Thomas's shop, were apparently all immature. 



Spatula clypeata. Shoveler. — F. An increasing number nest 

 on the Broads, and young birds are occasionally brought to market 

 in autumn. Those shot in winter are doubtless immigrants. This 



