. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. ANA TID^-DUCKS. 20S Shoveller: Spatula dypeata. Fairly common on our coast from autumn to spring, and occa- sionally met with inland. It breeds regularly, though in small num- bers, in several parts of Britain, and a few pairs nest annually among the marshes on our coast. Mr. Clarke notes (24) a male shot at Debden by Mr. Salmon on Mar. 28th, 1839. Mr. W. H. Hill, of Southminster, in 1835 (12. viii. 574) says, it " is rarely killed [in that district]. I have seen one pair this ; Mr, Crouch has (
. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. ANA TID^-DUCKS. 20S Shoveller: Spatula dypeata. Fairly common on our coast from autumn to spring, and occa- sionally met with inland. It breeds regularly, though in small num- bers, in several parts of Britain, and a few pairs nest annually among the marshes on our coast. Mr. Clarke notes (24) a male shot at Debden by Mr. Salmon on Mar. 28th, 1839. Mr. W. H. Hill, of Southminster, in 1835 (12. viii. 574) says, it " is rarely killed [in that district]. I have seen one pair this ; Mr, Crouch has (44. iii. V.) a specimen shot on the Roding at Barkingside on Oct. 27th, 1881, after a week of \txy severe weather. Mr. Crosfield, of Reigate, informs me that he put a drake up from Dagenham Lake on April 2gth, 1879, when it seems probable that it was breeding. Mr. Hope writes that it " breeds on the marshes not far from ; He shot one on Aug. 1st, 1884. Mr. Fitch and m3'^self observed a pair on the Old Hall Marshes, Tollesbury, on June 12th, 1888, which the keepers informed us had bred there that spring ; and in 1889, according to Dr. Salter, a considerable number bred on these marshes, where he says it is becoming commoner as a breeding bird. In a MS. letter of Col. Russell's, he says :—Several pairs " stay every summer in our place in Essex [? Stubbers], and probably breed there, but their habit is to go south soon after thej- can fly ; Tufted Duck : Fiiligula mstata. A somewhat rare and irregular winter visitor; occasionally with on lakes or rivers in various parts of the county, but most near the coast. It has not yet been positively known to breed in Essex, but may do so, as it appears to be a resident and ir,- creasing in num- bers in variou-. parts of the country. Graves says (7. iii) :- " Some we re- ceived alive from a decoy near Mal- met often. TUFTED DUCKS, iiialc and feiiialc, i/S. don, Essex, were exceedingly wild and su
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