98 EPPING FOREST.
basin for several days a few winters ago. They were
very shy.
Tufted Duck. Early in 1884 a male and three females fre-
quented the upper pond in Wanstead Park for two
months in company with the coots, and became almost
as tame as they are. The male bird left us towards the
end of February, but the females were still there March
7. They are excellent divers.
Pochard. Has been observed at Wanstead. A single bird
WILD DUCK.
visited my pond last spring, and remained some weeks,
consorting with the tame call ducks, and becoming him-
self very tame. A single bird came to the Wanstead ponds
early last year and remained more than a month. At first
he was very wild, but towards the end of his stay became
much tamer. Last year probably the same bird returned
and kept company with the tufted ducks, acquiring their
tameness. He went away with the male tufted duck
towards the end of February.