OUTDOOR LIFE IN ENGLAND 



different varieties of the Anatidae, all of which are 

 either regular visitants to Great Britain or have 

 a place in the list of our British birds. It is 

 impossible to do more than briefly refer to each 

 of the less rare varieties in the present instance, 

 merely noticing such characteristics as may enable 

 the reader to readily identify any specimens he 



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may see or procure 

 the list in extenso : 



1. The sheldrake. 



2. The ruddy shel- 



drake. 



3. The wild-duck. 

 The gadwall. 

 The shoveller. 



6. The pintail. 



7. The teal. 



The American 



green-winged teal. 

 The American 



blue -winged teal. 

 The garganey, or 



summer teal. 

 The widgeon. 

 The American 



widgeon. 

 The red - crested 



pochard. 

 The pochard. 

 The White - eyed 



pochard. 



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1 6. The tufted duck. 



1 7. The scaup. 



1 8. The golden-eye. 



19. The buffel- headed 



golden-eye. 



20. The long-tailed 



duck. 



2 1 . The harlequin duck. 



22. Steller's eider duck. 



23. The king eider 



duck. [duck. 



24. The common eider 



25. The scoter, or black 



duck. 



26. The velvet scoter. 



27. The surf scoter. 



28. The goosander. 



29. The red - breasted 



merganser. 



30. The hooded mer- 



ganser. 



31. The smew. 



