ANSERES. ( 109 ) ANATIDAl. 



THE PINTAIL DUCK. 



PINTAIL TEAL, WINTER DUCK, SEA PHEASANT, CRACKER, 

 LADY-BIRD, HARLAN. 



Dafila acuta. 



A flight of fowl 

 Scatter d by winds and high tempestuous gusts. 



Shakespeare, Titus Androniais. 



This elegant bird is occasionally seen as a winter visitor off 

 the coast of Berwickshire, but it seldom ventures into the 

 interior of the county. 



Mr. John Weddell, Long Birgham, informs me that a 

 specimen was shot on the Tweed there a few years ago, and 

 Mr. William Smith, gamekeeper, tells me that a Pintail 

 Drake has been seen on the lake at Duns Castle during 

 the winter months for some years past. He saw it there 

 last on the 28th of November 1889. 



