ye SUPPLEMENT TO 
bustle to get to the reeds, and it is most difficult to distinguish young 
birds. I could clearly see both the male and female Wigcon.” 
Owing to the jealous care with which the Leys are guarded while the 
birds are nesting, and to the density of the cover, actual proof in the way 
of nest and eggs of the breeding of Wigeon, Pochard, Tufted Duck, and 
Shoveller could not be obtained; but the cumulative evidence adduced 
above is, the Authors believe, amply sufficient to place the nesting of the 
Wigeon in this South Devon sanctuary beyond question. 
[ Corrigendum : 
“ waxing.” | 
At page 222, line 17 from top, for “ waning” read 
Pintail (p. 224). 
An adult male was shot by Mr. Lucas on Slapton Ley in Jan. 1893. 
Mr. E. A. 8. Elliot shot two splendid drakes out of a flock of thirty or 
more on the Kingsbridge Estuary, Feb. 6th, 1895; the first he had known 
to occur there. One of these birds was a peculiar variety, the whole of 
the underparts being of a biscuit colour, instead of white, and all the 
white feathers, except the stripes down the neck, were washed with the 
same colour. 
Gadwall (p. 226). 
Mr. W. V. Toll shot a nearly adult male on Slapton Ley while flight 
shooting, Jan. 2nd, 1893, being the first example of this species he had 
ever met with there. 
Common Teal (p. 228). 
Teal frequently breed on the marshy meadows bordering the streams 
that run into Slapton Ley. They were very plentiful on the Ley early in 
August 1891, and young birds were shot. Mr. Toll informs us that a 
brood was hatched out in a hay-field near the Ley, in 1893. 
Shoveller (p. 230). 
Large flocks were seen on Slapton Ley in January 1893. A young 
bird was shot on the Ley on August 6th, 1891, and Mr. Toll believes it 
was hatched there. Mr. Elliot received some beautiful examples that 
were obtained on the Ley in the severe winter of 1894—5, 
Tufted Duck (p. 252). 
In the same cruel weather of 1894-5 Tufted Ducks appeared on the 
Ley in flocks of hundreds ; the birds were very thin, but the drakes were 
