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GARGANEY. 



GARGANEY DUCK. GAEGANEY TEAL. 



PLATE CXCI. FIG. I. 



Anas querquedula, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Querquedula circia, SELBY. 



THE Garganey begins to lay, as Mr. Hoy has recorded, in a com- 

 munication to Mr. Hewitson, about the middle of April, or towards the 

 end of the month, or the beginning of May. 



The nest, according to the same authority, is made of dry grass 

 and rushes, mixed with the down of the bird itself. It is placed in 

 low and marshy situations, among reeds and rushes, and by the borders 

 of inland waters and rivers, among the adjoining rank herbage. 



The eggs are from eight to ten or even fourteen in number 

 buff in colour. 



Incubation continues for about twenty-one days. 



The young birds, as soon as hatched, follow their mother to the 

 nearest water. 



The figure on the plate is from an egg laid in a basket by one 

 of these birds captured in the county of Norfolk, and sent to Mr. 

 Girdlestone. 



