104 the birds of cumberland. 



Genus QUERQUEDULA. 



Q. Circia. Garganey. 



The Garganey is a rare casual visitant, of occa- 

 sional occurrence in spring and autumn. It has 

 once occurred in winter. Two drakes were shot 

 on Tarn WadJing, before it was drained [T. Hope, 

 in lit.) ; one was killed near Carlisle in 1857 ; a 

 handsome drake was shot near Gilsland in the 

 spring of 1882 ; and an adult drake was shot at 

 Bowness-on-Solway in the autumn of that year. 

 Two females were shot out of a small flock on 

 Rockcliffe, March 11th, 1884, and a drake was 

 shot out of a party of twelve on Millom marsh, 

 December, 1884, 



Q. Crecca. Common Teal. 



The Teal is a resident species, a few pairs nesting 

 on the Solway mosses, and also in suitable localities 

 in the lake district, and on the east fells, as on 

 Crossfell. The young are hatched in May, but the 

 drake remains with the female until the young are 

 well feathered. In August, the home-bred birds 

 repair to our salt marshes ; but it is not until the 

 arrival of birds from more northern districts, at 

 the end of October, that Teal become numerous. 



Genus SPATULA. 



S. Clypeata. Shoveller. 



The Shoveller is a periodical visitant, but local 

 in its choice of quarters, chiefly restricted to the 

 Eden valley and the vicinity of the Solway, and not 



