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ANATID.E. 



NATATORES. 



ANATID/I': 



THE WIGEON. 



Anas Penelope, The Wigeon, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 273. 



Mont. Ornith. Diet. 

 Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 366. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 124. 

 Marecu* ,, Commoti ,, StLbY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 324. 



The ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 236. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. x. 

 Canard siffletir,T emm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 840. 



The immense number of Wigeons which visit this country 

 during the Avinter season render it a valuable species here, 

 with the additional advantage that it frequents the shores all 

 round the coast, as well as the rivers, lakes, and fens of the 

 interior. It is justly in great esteem for the table, and, from 



* Marecu of Stephens, 1824. 



