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THE gar(;anev. 



QuERQUEDULA ciKciA LinniTcus). 



This very local species visits England early in the spring, and, 

 if unmolested, remains in suitable spots to breed (whence it is 

 often called the Summer-Teal) ; while it is again observed on the 

 migration southward in autumn. It nests regularly in the 'broad' 

 district and other parts of Norfolk — where, owing to protection, it is 

 on the increase, and sparingly in Suffolk ; it visits Lincolnshire 

 in April, and used to breed in Northumberland before the drainage 

 of Prestwick Car. Elsewhere its occurrences are irregular, and 

 on the west coast it is decidedly uncommon. The same may be 

 said of the mainland of Scotland, and although recorded as a straggler 

 to the Orkneys and Shetlands, it is as yet unknown in the Outer 

 Hebrides. In Ireland, according to Sir R. Payne-Gallwey, it is the 

 rarest of the well-known Ducks, appearing to be almost confined to 

 the southern half of the island, where it has been found as early as 

 March, and even in winter. 



The Garganey seldom visits the Ea^roes or Norway, but breeds 

 rather plentifullv in Denmark, Sweden, Einland, and Russia as far 

 as Archangel ; while it is generally distributed in summer throughout 

 the rest of Europe, down to the Caspian, Plack and Mediterranean 

 Seas, though rare in the western portion of the Spanish Peninsula. 

 It is, however, during the cold season that it is most abundant in 

 the south ; its winter migrations reaching to North Africa, Egypt, 



