the bird makes its appearance in this country, frequently ar- 
riving as early as the firft week in Oaober ; the principal 
reforts of the fpecies are the fens of Lincolnfhire and Cam- 
bridge ; from the Ille of Ely, they are very frequently fent 
with other fpecies of wild fowl to our London markets. 
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Its habits are folitary and wild, feldom being met with in 
companies, as moft of the other fpecies are ; it dives on the 
flighteft 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 flefh is generally held in high efteem, as 
being equal if not fuperior to that of the common wild-duck. ' 
Provincial names Blue-winged Shoveler, Spoon- Bill, Broad- 
Bill, and Kertlytock. 
