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ruginous Duck," was probably taken from a male wigeon in the first year's 

 plumage. 



191. A. Querquedula. Garganey. — Bill black, feet grey. 

 Wing-spot greyish-green, with white borders. 



Quer, prima, Will. Orn. 291. Sibb. Scot. 21 — A. Quer. Linn. Syst. i. 

 203. Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 604. Temm. Orn. ii. 844 — (Trachea, Linn. 

 Trans, iv. tab. xiii. f. 2, 3.) — E, Pied Wigeon, Summer Teal, Crucket 

 Teal W, Hwyad addfain. — A winter visitant. 



Length 17, breadth 28 inches ; weight 14 ounces. Irides brown. Crown, 

 nape, and chin black, with white dots. Front, cheeks, and fore-neck brown ; 

 a white stripe from the eye down each side of the neck. Breast and back 

 brown, with semicircvdar black bars. Belly white, or yellowish ; sides waved, 

 vent mottled with dusk}'. Wing-covers grey, w 7 ith white margins. Tail 

 of 14 pointed feathers. Female brown, the eye-stripe spotted. The young 

 like the female. — It is probable that it breeds in England, as Montagu " re- 

 ceived it from the decoys of Somersetshire, in the month of April, by the 

 name of Summer Teal, and was informed that it made its appearance on those 

 pools always about that time," (Orn. Diet.). — According to Mr Low, it is 

 common in Orkney, during the winter, in stormy weather. 



192. A. Crecca. Teal. — Bill dusky ; feet grey. Wing-spot 



green and black, with two white bands. 



Querquedula secunda, Will. Orn. 290. Sibb. Scot. 21. — A. crec, Linn. 

 Syst. i. 204. Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 606. Temm. Orn. ii. 846 ; (Trachea, 

 Linn. Trans, iv. tab. xiii. f. 1 .) — Resident on fresh-water lakes. 



Length 15, breadth 27 inches ; weight 14 ounces. Head and neck chesnut ; 

 chin black. From the eyes, down each side of the neck, a broad stripe of 

 glossy purplish-gr"een, ending on the hind neck in a patch of purplish-black. 

 Between the green and brown, under the eye, a white line. Lower part of 

 the neck, sides, and back, waved with black and white. Breast reddish-white, 

 with round black spots. Belly yellowish-white. Vent black, with yellowish- 

 white sides. Quills dusky ; secondaries green and black, the foremost edged 

 with white ; their covers with reddish-white ends ; scapulars black and white. 

 Tail of 16 pointed dusky feathers. (I have found 18 in one specimen which 

 had the purplish-black patch on the hind neck.) Female with brown plumage ; 

 the eye-stripe reddish-white, with brown spots ; throat white — Nest among 

 rushes. Eggs 12, reddish-white, with brown spots — Young like the female. 



193. A. gloc'itans. Bimaculated Duck. — Bill blue. Feet 



yellow, with black Avebs. Wing-spot green, divided by black, 



and ending in white. 



Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 602. tab. c. no. 287« — Querquedula glocitans. Vigors, 

 Linn. Trans, xiv. 559. — A rare winter visitant. 



Length 20, breadth 25 inches. Length of the bill to the front ly^ths, of 

 the gape 2 T I 5 th inches. Head a changeable green, with a ferruginous spot 

 before and another behind the eye. Breast rust)' -brown, spotted with black. 

 Hind neck and back waved with black and brown. Wing-covers and quills 

 grey ; the secondaries green, ending in a shade of black, and edged with white. 

 Tail of 16 feathers (12 according to Pennant), brown, edged with white; the 

 two middle ones black, and a little produced. 'The female has the head red- 

 dish-white, with black lines ; the back brown, with light edges ; the two mid- 

 die tail-feathers not produced. The specimen described by Pennant was 

 sent to him, in 1771, from a decoy by Mr Poore. Two specimens, supposed 

 male and female, came into Mr Vigors' possession, which were taken in a de- 

 coy near Maiden, Essex. They were purchased in Leadenhall market, in the 

 winter of 1812-13, by Mr George Weighton. The history of this species is 

 still involved in obscurity. 



