OBSERVED IN HERTFORDSHIRE IN 1884. 
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now in the possession of Mr. Luff, of St. Albans. u The shoveller 
is a spring and autumn migrant, occasionally remaining to breed.” * 
It is readily distinguished by its bill, which spreads out at the end 
somewhat after the fashion of a spoon or spatula, the edges being 
furnished with a fine fringe, resembling a comb, by the aid of 
which the shoveller is able to sift from the water and mud of inland 
lakes and ponds the insects and worms upon which it feeds. “ There 
is no reason why the shoveller should not breed in Hertfordshire, 
as it still does in Nottinghamshire and Norfolk, and as it formerly 
did in Kent.” 
The dates on which the arrival and departure of our summer 
migrants and other visitants have been reported, with the names of 
the observers, will be found in the following tables. 
Summer Migrants. 
Species. 
Locality. 
Date. 
Observer. 
Nightingale. 
.. Harpenden... 
.... Apl. 7 
J. J. Willis. 
(Daulias Luscinia ) 
Hitchin . 
. „ io 
Hitchin F. C. 
Panshanger Park .. 
. „ 13 
B. G. Austin. 
Croxley, Rickmans worth ,, 15 
F. G. Lloyd. 
Hertford . 
.... „ 15 
B. T. Andrews. 
Hailey Hall, Hertford. 
... „ 15 
H. C. Heard. 
Boyston. 
.... „ 16 
P. F. Fordham. 
Port Yale, Hertford. 
.... „ 17 
Norman Thrale. 
Childwick, St. Albans 
.... „ 19 
Henry Lewis. 
Watford... 
.... „ 23 
J. Hopkinson. 
Boyston... 
.... „ 24 
A. Kingston. 
Odsey Grange .. 
... „ 26 
H. G. Fordham. 
Elstree .... 
.... „ 28 
E. P. Thompson. 
Hemel Hempstead . 
. 28 
Mr. Hall. 
Redstart . 
,. Hitchin... 
.... Mar.30 
Hitchin Field 
(Ruticilla Phosnicurus) 
Club. 
Chief Chafe . 
„ Hitchin. 
.... Mar.30 
Hitchin F. C. 
{Phylloscopus collybita) 
Grove Lane, Watford .. 
J. E. L. 
Willow Wren. 
. Port Yale, Hertford .... 
... Mar. 17 
Norman Thrale. 
{Phylloscopus Trochilus) 
Hunton Bridge .. 
.... „ 22 
J. E. L. 
Hitchin ..... 
.... „ 30 
Hitchin F. C. 
Whitethroat .... 
. Boyston. 
... Apl. 29 
P. F. Fordham. 
{Sylvia rufa) 
Lesser Whitethroat... 
. Hunton Bridge. 
... „ 28 
Fred Warren. 
{Sylvia Curruca) 
Elstree . 
... „ 29 
J. E. L. 
ditto ... 
E. P. Thompson. 
Blackcap . 
. Leverstock Green. 
J. E. L. 
{Sylvia Atricapilla) 
Port Yale, Hertford. 
... „ 5 
N. Thrale. 
Elstree .... 
... „ 7 
E. P. Thompson. 
Sedge Warbler ... 
. Hunton Bridge ... 
... „ 27 
J. E. L. 
{Calamodus schccnobcenus) 
Bed-backed Shrike ... 
. Port Yale, Hertford. 
... May 2 
Norman Thrale. 
{Lanius collurio) 
Boyston... 
.. July 5 
P. F. Fordham. 
Spotted Flycatcher . 
, Odsey Grange . 
... May 10 
H. G. Fordham. 
{Muscicapa grisola) 
Hunton Bridge. 
• „ 13 
J. E. L. 
Ashwell. 
... „ 24 
E. S. Fordham. 
(Last seen) . 
. Odsey Grange . 
Sept. 11 
M. E. Fordham. 
* Harting’s ‘ Handbook of British Birds,’ p. 62. 
