Ægyptian Goose. (Anser Ægyptiacus, Jenyns.) From Mr. Rake I learn that a specimen was killed on the Avon, near Bicton Mill, February, 1855.
Bewick’s Swan. (Cygnus minor, Keys and Bl.)
Shoveller. (Anas clypeata, Lin.) Mr. Rake, in his manuscript notes, which he so kindly put in my hands, mentions that this and the gadwall and Bewick’s swan, were killed on the Avon during the hard winter of 1855.
Gadwall. (Anas strepera, Lin.)
Garganey. (Anas querquedula, Lin.)
Eider Duck. (Anas mollissima, Lin.)
Velvet Scoter. (Anas fusca, Lin.) Sometimes shot by the Mudeford fishermen, but always outside the bar of the harbour.
Long-tailed Duck. (Anas glacialis, Lin.)
Golden Eye. (Anas clangula, Lin.)
Smew. (Mergus albellus, Lin.) Seen, like the two previous, during hard winters on the Avon. Mr. Rake notes that one was killed at Breamore, Nov., 1855; and Mr. Hart writes that he once saw a person kill two at one shot in Christchurch Harbour.