ANSERES. 



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ANA TID.-E. 



THE GARGANEY. 



SUMMER TEAL, CRICKET TEAL, PIED WIGEON. 



Querquedula circia. 



Strange fffwl light upoti neighbouring ponds. 



Shakespeare, Cymbeline. 



The Garganey, which is a little larger than the Teal and 

 somewhat like it in appearance, has apparently been 

 obtained only once in Berwickshire, a beautiful male 

 having been shot by Mr. H. Hewat Craw on the mill 

 pond at Foulden West Mains, on the 11th of March 

 1886. He has informed me that it was accompanied 

 by another duck of the same kind, which may have 

 been a female. 



This species is a rare visitor to Scotland, but has 

 occurred on migration in several counties. It winters in 

 the south of Europe, and its breeding quarters extend as 

 far north as Denmark, Sweden, and Eussia. 



