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615.



616.


617.



618.



619.


620.


621.


622.


623.


624.



Pochard.


And hybrids. X Red-crested Pochard ; X White-eyed Pochard ;

X Tufted Duck ; ( x Scaup) ; ( X Lesser Scaup); (x Caro¬

lina Duck) ; (x Wild Duck).


American Pochard, U.S.A., 1924.


White-eyed Pochard.


And hybrids. X Tufted Duck ; (X Marbled Duck) ; ( x Rosy-

bill) ; ( X Carolina).


Madagascar White-eyed Pochard, France, 1934.


Scaup. And hybrids.


Scaup X Lesser Scaup, Wormald, 1924.


Scaup X Canvasback Duck, Lilford, 1931.


(Scaup X White-eyed Pochard. B.M. skin.)


f (two ? hybrid records for these two only,

J both with females of the American

I Pochard).



(Lesser Scaup)

(Ring-necked Scaup)



Tufted Duck.


And hybrids. X Pochard ; X White-eyed Pochard.

Canvasback Duck.


Eider Duck.


Golden-eye (Holland).


White-backed River-duck, Thallassornis, Ezra, 1932.



BREEDING RESULTS AT BRADLEY COURT


By Capt. R. Waud


The breeding of the birds at Bradley this year has been most

disappointing. I had great hopes of breeding Demoiselle Cranes : one

pair laid two eggs, but unfortunately, as last year, they were both

unfertile. It is very distressing: they lay every year, but the eggs

are always clear, although I have four birds and I feel sure there is

a true pair. My pair of Crown Crested Cranes made a very good nest

of twigs and straw and laid four eggs this year. I had great hopes of

them, as both birds have taken it in turn to incubate. The cock, sits

all day and the hen sits all night ; but, alas, all the eggs are unfertile !



