102 THE BIRDS OF DEVONSHIRE. 



Gatcombe examined a drake Teal, killed near 

 Ilfracombe, which possessed a white ring upon the 

 neck similar to that of the Mallard. The late Mr. 

 Bond's collection contained a male Wigeon, 

 exhibiting very perfectly a white ring of the same 

 kind. 



GREEN-WINGED iLY^Mj.—Querquednla carolinensis. 



A BARE visitant. A male specimen of this American 

 Teal was shot by a local gunner on an arm of the 

 Kingsbridge Estuary, November 23rd, 1879. The 

 man who killed it, sold it to Mr. R. P. Nicholls, and 

 after comparison with American skins, its identity 

 was announced by Mr. H. Nicholls (Zool. 1880, 

 p. 70). It has since been exhibited before the 

 Zoological Society by Mr. H. Saunders. 



GARGANEY. — Querquedula circia (Linn). 



A SPRING visitant to N. and S. Devon, but only in 

 very small numbers. A male and female, preserved 

 in the Exeter Museum, were shot in Newport Marsh, 

 Topsham, March 12th, 1850. Gatcombe records 

 the occurrence of a Garganey near Plymouth, 

 March 25th, 1870, and of a fine male killed close to 

 the town of Plymouth, April 13th, 1872, accomp- 

 anying the second notice with the remark; " This 

 species is seldom met with in our neighbourhood '' 

 (Zool. 1872. p. 3099). In 1881, he recorded a 

 third, killed near Plymouth on March 24th. The 

 Rev. M. A. Mathew records a duck and drake 



