. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . under water in the pipe, but still many were caughtevery season. Mr. Roger Gough, who rented the decoyfrom 1707 to 1727, made use of a clever arrangement bymeans of which many were captured in nets at dusk ; twentydozen are said to have been taken at one catch. Italso figures in the list of ducks captured at HornbyDecoy, and is enumerated amongst the birds in FothergillsWensleydale list (1823), repeated in Barkers Three Daysof Wensleydale (1854). It has occurred on most of thereservoirs and sheets of fresh w
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . under water in the pipe, but still many were caughtevery season. Mr. Roger Gough, who rented the decoyfrom 1707 to 1727, made use of a clever arrangement bymeans of which many were captured in nets at dusk ; twentydozen are said to have been taken at one catch. Italso figures in the list of ducks captured at HornbyDecoy, and is enumerated amongst the birds in FothergillsWensleydale list (1823), repeated in Barkers Three Daysof Wensleydale (1854). It has occurred on most of thereservoirs and sheets of fresh water in the West and NorthRidings, and occasionally in Teesdale, Swaledale, Wensleydale,and Ryedale ; near Masham it has been seen several timesin spring {Nat. 1886, p. 233) ; and in May 1878 one wasobtained at Glasshome Reservoir, near Pateley Bridge. Itis also noted from the valleys of the Nidd, Wharfe, Ribble,Calder, and Hodder; on Malham Tarn and Semerwater,besides other localities which it would be tedious torecapitulate. In the neighbourhood of Cottingwith and Thicket Priory. Tufted Duck on Nest. .S. Siiilfh.
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