tlie bird makes, its appearance in this country, frequently af- 

 riving as early as the firft week in October ; the principal 

 reforts of the fpecies are the fensof Lincolnfhire and Cam- 

 bridge ; from the Ifle of Ely, they are very frequently fent 

 with other fpecies of wild fowl to our London markets. 



^ts habits are folitary and wild, feldom being met with in 

 companies, as moft of the other fpecies are ; it dives on the 

 llighteft alarm, and retreats to a great diftance, this may be 

 confidered as the moft fhy of the whole tribe ; it ufually leaves 

 Great-Britain the firft week in March> though this feafon we 

 obferved a pair expofed for fale as late as the twenty-fourtH 

 of that month. Its flefti is generally held in high efteem, as 

 being equal if not fuperior to that of the common wild-duck. 



Provincial names Blue-winged Shovelefj Spoon-Bill, Broad- 

 Bill, and Kertlutock. 



