380 WIDGEON. 



RUDDY SHELDRAKE. 



TADORNA RUTILA. 

 Genus Tadorna. 

 A very rare visitor indeed. 



GADWALL. 



ANAS STREPERA. 



Genus Anas. 



Rodge — Grey Duck. 



A winter visitor to Great Britain and Ireland. It is 

 said to breed regularly in Norfolk, where it has been 

 introduced. It is exceedingly shy and wary, and so 

 often escapes notice in the thick cover. It lays eight 

 to twelve eggs of a huffish white or cream colour. 



PINTAIL. 



anas acuta. 



Genus Anas. 



Cracker. 



A winter visitor. A few pairs, it seems, breed in 

 Ireland every year. 



WIDGEON. 



ANAS PENELOPE. 



Genus Anas. 

 Whewer — Whim. 



One of the commonest winter visitors of the Duck 

 tribe, both to the coast and inland. A few remain to 

 breed in the north of Scotland. The eggs can only be 

 distinguished by examining the down in the nest. 



