Ducks, Sheldrake (_Tadorna cornuta_).--Farn L.H., June 13th,
old bird and nine young. Tees L.V., February 27th to March 22d,
1886, twenty-five in flock. November 5th, fifty-five. Common Teal
(_Querquedula crecca_), Tetney, August 12th, large arrival. Cley,
Norfolk, September 15th, first; Tees L.V., 16th, same. Widgeon
(_Mareca penelope_), Tees L.V., April 7th, 1886, last seen, large
flock. Yarmouth, March 1st, 1886, continuous flocks along coast. Cley,
Norfolk, September 15th, Widgeon, with Teal. Tees L.V., 16th, flock.
Tetney, October 6th, four shot. Languard L.H., October 29th, flock
of eleven. Pochard (_Fuligula ferina_), very common on the Humber
during the winter; many shot, including several old males. Scaup (_F.
marila_), Great Cotes, March 8th, 1886, flock, all males, off sluice;
26th, flock at same place, males and females, in pairs. February 8th,
1887, same locality, flock of thirty-eight adult males and females in
equal proportions. Cockle L.V., January 23d, fifty, both males and
females. Harlequin Duck (_Cosmonetta histrionica_), Farn L.H., December
2d, three, two shot (went to well-known collectors). Long-tailed Duck
(_Harelda glacialis_), Redcar, October 21st, three shot, young birds.
Farn L.H., November 8th, 11 A.M., eleven flying N. Coquet L.H., 17th,
one shot. Eider Duck (_Somateria mollissima_), Farn L.H., June 20th,
Eider and five young, first brood. Coquet, October 8th, many, both male
and female, off island. Velvet Scoter (_Œdemia fusca_), Redcar, October
13th, three; 18th, seven, two shot young. Common Scoter (_Œ. nigra_),
Whitby L.H., April 30th, midnight, one killed. Leman and Ower L.V., May
9th, great numbers of Black Ducks at midnight to E., some killed. Large
number of Scoters reported from various parts of the coast, on the move
to and from their feeding grounds. Goosander (_Mergus merganser_), more
than usually numerous in the Humber during the winter; in one case
five were killed, at a shot, from a flock of twelve near Tetney Haven.
Red-breasted Merganser (_M. serrator_), Farn L.H., December 24th, one,
a drake, off island.
Columba Palumbus, Ringdove.--Outer Dowsing L.V., May 19th, one to W.
Tetney, October 17th, flocks of migratory Wood Pigeons. Grainsby,
November 17th and 19th, morning, large flocks to S.W. Spurn L.H.,
November 26th, from 7 to 10 P.M., [3] N.W., numbers of Wood Pigeons,
several on gallery of lantern. January 18th, 4 P.M., flock to S.
February 1st, 10 A.M., two to S. Cromer L.H., December 9th and 18th,
great many. Languard L.H., February 5th, 3 to 4 P.M., large flock
inland, towards Orwell Park. Longstone L.H., July 19th, Rock Pigeon
(_C. livia_).
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