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by a fisherman and taken back to the park. Although this was 
not a wild bird, yet it is as well to mention it, in order to 
prevent any misunderstanding as to its true history. 
Waooper Swan (Cygnus musicus).—A flock occasionally passes 
on migration in autumn and winter. Mr. C. M. Adamson says: 
“On Jan. 22nd, 1838, whilst at Hartley with Mr. Hancock, 
during a very long and severe storm, eight of these magnificent 
birds came over our heads flying north; when shot at they 
commenced to make their peculiar cry, probably in derision. 
They were all white birds.” My father shot an adult male in 
December, 1892. 
SHEeLD-Duck (Tadorna cornuta).—A not uncommon visitant, 
generally in autumn and winter. Flocks of from twenty to 
forty birds have occasionally been seen. Iam informed by Mr. 
H. Hodgson that he once saw one hiding among some seaweed 
with its head buried beneath it. It had been shot at by him 
and had evidently been wounded, and was trying to hide from 
its pursuers. In Turner’s ‘ Pliny and Aristotle on Birds’ there 
is mention made, in the commentaries, of a certain island of 
Tina, probably on the Northumberland coast, and it is stated 
that Sheld-Duck bred there. The first edition was published in 
1544; there have been two editions of this book since, the last 
by A. H. Evans in 1902 at the Cambridge University Press. 
The editor of this last states in a footnote with reference to this 
“Tina”: ‘‘ Possibly St. Mary’s or even Coquet Island.” I have 
had communication with Mr. W. W. Tomlinson, one of the best 
authorities on this district, and he says that at that time there 
was a small church on the island, by name St. Mary’s, the 
origin of the island’s name, and also that if was then very 
probably not an island at all but connected with the mainland, 
since it is only disconnected now at high tide. As I do not 
know what authority Mr. Evans has for referring Tina to 
St. Mary’s Island, other than that the name evidently refers to 
an island situated near the River Tina (Tyne), I can make no 
definite statement; but I should doubt that Turner meant St. 
Mary’s Island. ‘Turner was well acquainted with this coast, — 
however, as is shown in his mention of the Cormorant nesting 
at the mouth of the Tyne. 
Mautarp (Anas boscas).—Occasionally seen; commonest in 
