CHAPTER XXV. 



THE SHIELDRAKES THE SHOVELLER THE GADWALL THE PINTAIL THE 

 MALLARD THE GARGANEY THE TEAL THE WIGEON THE EIDER DUCK 

 THE KING DUCK. 



THE Common Shieldrake (Graf -And, or Burrowing Duck, 

 Sw. ; Tadorna Bellonii, Steph.), though asserted to have 

 been seen in the vicinity of Ronnum, was never observed by 

 us. In the neighbouring Skargard, however, it was quiU 

 common. A few individuals made their appearance as early 

 as the middle of March, but they did not generally arrive 

 until the beginning of April; and they left us again in 

 September. This bird, during the summer, is pretty 

 common on the whole of the western coast of Scandinavia, 

 from Scania to about the 65 of latitude, which would seem 

 to be its limits to the northward ; and on the eastern coast 

 as high up at least as the province of Sodermanland. In the 

 interior of the country it is rarely seen. It is common in 

 Denmark. Migrates. 



The shieldrake pairs. Amongst the islands it made its 



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