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RUDDY SHIELDRAKE. 



RUDDY GOOSE. COLORED DUCK. 



Tadorna rutila, Jexyxr. Selby. Gould. 



Anas rutila, BEWICK. 



Tadorna— ? Rutila — Fiery red. 



The bird thus called advances from Denmark, through the 

 south of Russia, to various parts of the east of Europe, and 

 has been met with also in Germany, Hungary, Italy, Turkey, 

 Greece, and Austria. It likewise appertains to Asia, having 

 been found in Persia, Asia Minor, the Dukkun in India, and 

 the neighbourhood of the Caucasian range. Great numbers 

 have been seen on Lake Van, that beautiful water, which no 

 one read the description of in Mr. Layard's 'Nineveh' without 

 wishing that he 'might be there to see.' In Africa also they 

 are said to be found, even to the Cape. 



Several of these Shieldrakes have now been procured in this 

 country. 



Marmaduke Tunstall, Esq. possessed one which was believed 

 to have been shot in the severe winter of 1776, at Bryanstone, 

 near Blandford, Dorsetshire, the seat of Mr. Portman, ancestor 

 of Lord Portman. A second was subsequently killed in the 

 south of England, and a third at Iken, near Orford, in the 

 county of Suffolk, in January, 1831. 



In Ireland one was shot on the Murrogh of Wicklow, on 

 the 7th. of July, 184-7, by Mr. John Moreton. 



In the Orkneys, one in Sandav, by Mr. Strang, in October, 

 1831. 



The Ruddy Shieldrake appears to frequent the land more 

 than the water. 



