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164 BIRDS OF GUERNSEY. 



hands whilst m Guernsey ; and Captain Hubbach 

 writes me word that he shot one in Alderney in 

 January, 1863. I have never seen it in the 

 Guernsey market, like the Wild Duck and Teal. 



Professor Ansted includes it in his list, but 

 only marks it as occurring in Guernsey. There is 

 one specimen, a male in full plumage, in the 

 Museum. 



142. Teal. Querqiiedida crecca,Jjmnsen8. Yrench, 

 '' SarceUe d'hiver."— Like the Wild Duck, the Teal 

 is a regular but never numerous visitant to all the 

 Islands. A few make their appearance in the 

 Guernsey market in October and November, and 

 occasionally through the winter ; but Teal do not, 

 as a rule, add much to the Guernsey sportsman's 

 bag. In November, 1871, a friend of mine told me 

 that, after a long day's shooting from daylight till 

 dark, he succeeded in bagging one Teal and one 

 Woodcock. I was rather glad I was not with him 

 on this occasion, but chose the wild shooting on 

 the shore, where I got one or two Golden Plovers, 

 and Turnstone and Eing Dotterel enough for 

 a pie — and, by-the-bye, a very good pie they 

 made. 



Professor Ansted includes the Teal in his list, 

 and marks it as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. 

 There is no specimen in the Museum at present. 



