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the Thames. Two males were taken alive in the winter of 1819-20 in Bow Creek,
but although abundantly supplied with food, [they] refused all sustenance and
perished. They had attained the full adult plumage, but one was without the
elegant pendant crest."
Mr. Clarke mentions (24) the occurrence of two at Audley End on Feb. 3rd,
1838. King says (20) : "A fine male was shot last winter [1837] at Cornard."
Mr. Geo. Beresford shot one near Lea Bridge on Feb. 26th, 184; (23. 4704), An
adult male was caught at Great Holland in Jan., 1861 (23. 7388). An adult
male was shot at Barking on Dec. 29th, 1870 (29. Jan. 14). At Harwich it
is rare (Kerry). Mr. Scruby informs me of one shot at Stanford Rivers about
1860. Mr. Hope describes it as "common in the winter." Mr. Robert Page
has one taken in his Marsh House Decoy.