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Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 
VII. Ornithological Notes. (Specimens were exhibited ) 
(1.) The Gadwall, Anas strepera, Linn. By P. A. Dassadville, Esq. 
This species being of rare occurrence in Scotland, Mr 
Dassauville thought it might be of interest to show the two 
specimens now before the Society. They were shot on the Tay, 
near Newburgh, in the beginning of April, and are a male and 
female, as was proved. bj dissection, the ova of the female being 
numerous, but not far advanced. Mr Dassauville was aware 
of the danger that specimens obtained, as these were, in the 
poulterers' shops, might not be actually procured in this 
country, since importing wild fowl from the continent was 
so general ; but the specimens under notice were evidently 
so recently shot — the feet and webs being quite soft and 
flexible — that he had no hesitation in believing they were 
killed in this country, without other evidence ; however, he 
had been obliged with a sight of the invoice which accom- 
panied them, dated from Perth, and felt satisfied there was no 
room to doubt that they were procured from the locality men- 
tioned. One or two sessions ago Dr J. A. Smith exhibited 
to the Society specimens of the gadwall, and these were the 
only others he had seen that were kilfed in Scotland. 
(2.) The Shoveller, Anas clypeata, Linn. ; the Great Orey Shrike, 
Lanius excubitor, Linn.; the Shore Larh, Alauda alpestris, Linn. 
By John Alexander Smith, M.D. 
Dr Smith said, he was disappointed in not being able to 
exhibit a very fine pair of Shovellers {Anas clypeata), male 
and female, which he had examined ; they were shot near 
Kincardine, on the Forth, about the 1st of April. The birds 
were now the property of Robert Chambers, jun., Esq., and 
as they were rare in this neighbourhood, their capture was 
worth putting on record. He exhibited an adult male Cine- 
rious Shrike, Lanius excubitor, which was one of our occa- 
sional visitors, and far from common ; it was noticed to occur 
generally in the beginning of winter. This bird was got on 
the 30th of March at Tulliallan, near Kincardine, on the 
Forth. Mr James Miller, the gamekeeper who shot it, had 
