144 NATURAL HISTORY [Birds. 



Species 12. — The Garganey. 



Wil. Orn. 377. Querquedula prima Aldro van. RaiiSyn, Av. 148. Anas Quer- 

 quedula, Lin. Sys. <203. Brit. Zool. 474. Brit. Zool. Illus. &7.fg. 1. 



This species is often found in our lochs in winter, as like- 

 wise in stormy weather in the sea : I have seen it in stormy 

 frosty times on the bay of Birsa. Whether it stays with us 

 through the year am uncertain, rather think not. 



It is seen in the loch of Stenness, and the road called Kers- 

 ton Bay, in vast numbers, but very shy, insomuch that I never 

 could procure a single specimen. 



Species 13. — The Teal. 



Wil. Orn. 377. Raii St/n. Av, 147. Anas Crecca, Lin. Si/s. 204. Brit. 



Zool. 473. 



A BEAUTIFUL male Teal which I received from the loch 

 of Stenness weighed thirteen ounces ten drachms ; the length 

 fifteen inches ; the breadth twenty-seven ; the bill was black, 

 with a small nail ; the head bay, with a band of green run- 

 ning to the back of the head, parted from the bay on the lower 

 side by a very narrow white line ; the throat and upper part 

 of the neck bay ; the back finely chequered with waving 

 lines of black and white ; the breast most curiously spot- 



