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ANATID^E. 



A domesticated species which frequently escapes. An 

 inhabitant of Central and South America.] 



Genus TADORNA, Fleming, Phil, of Zool. ii. p. 260 



(1822). 



Tadorna, an Italian word, which seems first to occur in Belon, 1585, as the 

 Latinized name of a bird. 



Tadorna COrmita. COMMON SHELDKAKE. 



Anas cor nut a, $. G. Gmelin, Reise d. Russl. ii. p. 185, 



pi. 18 (1774). 

 Anas Tadorna, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 195 (1766). 



Tadorna vulpanser, Macg. v. p. 22 ; Hewitson, p. 397 ; Gray, 

 p. 190; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 235; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 240; 

 Gould, v. pi. 11 ; Harting, p. 61. 



Anas tadorna, Naum. xi. p. 534. 



Tadorna cornuta, Dresser, vi. p. 451. 



The Common Sheldrake, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 141. 

 Cornuta horned ; from cornu = a horn. 



Resident in certain spots on the sandy shores of the 

 United Kingdom. It inhabits the temperate and southern 

 portions of the Palsearctic Region. 



Tadorna casarca, BUDDY SHELDKAKE. 

 Anas Casarca, Linnaeus, S, N. iii. App. p. 224 (1768). 



Tadorna casarca, Macg. v. p. 19 ; Dresser, vi. p. 461. 



Anas rutila, Naum. xi. p. 564. 



Tadorna rutila, Hewitson, p. 399; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 230; 



id. ed. 3, iii. p. 235 ; Harting, p. 157. 

 Casarca rutila, Gray, p. 191 ; Gould, v. pi. 12. 

 The Ruddy Sheldrake, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 136. 



Casarca = a Goose, in South Bussian ; Tartar karakchds = black Goose. 



A rare visitant to the United Kingdom; some recorded 

 occurrences are perhaps of escaped specimens. It inhabits 

 the eastern and southern portions of the Palsearctic Region, 

 and is a common winter visitor to India, 



