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from a fine specimen, killed in Cambridgeshire, now in the 

 collection of Dr. Thackeray, the Provost of King's College. 



The Pintail is rather rare in the extreme north of Eng- 

 land, and in Scotland. Mr. Robert Dunn, in his useful 

 little book, says, I never met witli this bird in Shetland, but 

 it is tolerably plentiful in Orkney, particularly in the island 

 of Sanda. It frequents the inland lakes more than the sea- 

 shore, and leaves these islands early in the spring. Richard 

 Dann, Esq. tells me that the Pintail Duck is common in 

 Lapland, and at the head of the Bothnian Gulf during the 

 summer months. It breeds late ; I saw on the 1st of July, 

 1838, a large flock, both males and females, in a lake near 

 Lulea, which had evidently not yet dispersed for breeding. 

 In the Dofre Fiell mountains they are tolerably numerous in 

 May, but pass on to the north. They do not appear, how- 

 ever, in the autumn on their return from thence, and from 

 their not appearing on the western coast in autumn but 

 rarely, I am induced to think their migration is southerly in 

 autumn, and as winter advances westerly. They are by no 

 means shy or difficult of access. The young are five or six 

 in number. 



This species is said to be common in Russia, Germany, 

 Holland, and France. In Spain it occurs at Lake Gallo- 

 canta, in Arragon, where it is called collilargo. It is seen 

 at Genoa twice annually on its passage ; and in Italy Savi 

 says it appears at the beginning of winter and remains till 

 spring. Mr. Strickland saw this species at Smyrna in winter. 

 Messrs. Dickson and Ross sent the Zoological Society speci- 

 mens from Erzerum, that were killed there at the end of 

 March ; and the Russian naturalists found this Duck in the 

 vicinity of the Caspian Sea. It is said to be found in China 

 and Japan. 



The Pintail is included in the Catalogue of the birds of 

 the Faro Islands ; and Mr. Proctor says that a few breed in 



