GARGANEY. 



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NATATORES. 



ANATID^. 





THE GARGANEY, 

 OR Summer Teal. 



Anas querqtiedulii, Garganey Duck, 

 ,, ,, The Garganey, 



Qiierquedula circia, Garganey Teal, 

 Anns qiierquedula, The Garganey, 

 Garganey Teal, 

 Sarcelle d'4l6. 



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Penn. Brit. Zool, vol. ii. p. 277. 



Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 390. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 125. 



Seluy, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 318. 



Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 234. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xiii. 



Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii.p. 844, 



Inter3Iediate in size between the Teal and the Wigeon, 

 the birds next in succession to be described, the Garganey is 

 rather a rare species, and though I have seen specimens in 

 October, it more frequently makes its appearance in the 

 spring, and then only in comparatively small numbers. These 

 birds are then on their way to the south, as various references 

 to authorities in the south of Europe, to be hereafter referred 

 to, will determine. A few pairs remain occasionally in the 



