WILDFOWL AND WILDFOWLING 
days, the displaced birds will seek their desiderata abroad, rather than 
endure conditions averse to their natural instincts. 
SALT WATER. 
Brent geese. 
Wigeon. 
Scaup. 
Sheld-duck. 
Merganser. 
Eider. 
Long-tailed duck. 
Scoters (both kinds). 
Sea -divers (Colymbi). 
Cormorants. 
Curlews. 
Godwits. 
Grey plovers. 
FRESH WATER. 
Grey geese. 
Mallard (native). 
Pintail. 
Gad wall. 
Shoveler. 
Garganey (summer) 
Tufted duck. 
Pochard (two kinds). 
Goosander. 
Golden plovers. 
AT HOME ON EITHER. 
Wild Swans. 
Mallard (foreign). 
Teal. 
Golden -eyes. 
Grebes. 
It is to be observed that a limited number of wigeon habitually winter 
on inland waters ; and that migrating fowl on passage occasionally pause 
to rest in unaccustomed places. Such occurrences, however, are excep- 
tional, and do not affect the general rule. 
ABEL CHAPMAN. 
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