I N connexion with Mr. Bertram Lloyd's note on this subject (antea, pp. 206-7), the following m a y be of interest:-- On October 17th, 1930, while watching duck on the Gosforth Park Bird Sanctuary lake, Northumberland, I noticed a couple of female Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) engaged in diving. My note, set down at the time, states t h a t " they went under rather clumsily, partly opening their wing...

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