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ANATID.K. 



^^ATArORES. 



ANATIDJE. 





THE PINTAIL DUCK. 



Anas 



acuta. 



Qiierqiiedula* ,, 

 Anas ,, 



Dajila caudacntu,] 

 Anas acuta. 



Pintail Duck, Penn. Eiit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 266. 



,, ,, Montagu, Ornilli. Diet. 



,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 372. 



The Cracker, Flem. Brit. An. p. 122. 



Common Pintail, Selbv, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 311. 



The ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 232. 



Pintail Duck, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. v. 



Canard pilet, Temm, Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 838. 



This handsome duck is a winter visiter to this country, 

 and is one of the first among those species which arc taken 

 when the decoys begin to be worked in October. It remains 

 here through the winter till sirring, and is obtained by wild- 

 fowl shooters on the coast, as well as by fen-men on the 

 rivers and lakes of the interior ; its flight is rapid. It is 



* Querqtiedula, Selby, 1833. t Dajila, Leach and Stephens, 1824. 



