143 



GARGANEY TEAL. 



(Querquedula circia.) 



Qu. grisea nigro variegata, lined alba supra oculos, macidd alarum 



riridi. 

 Grey Teal varied with black, with a white streak above the eyes, 



and a green spot on the wing. 

 Anas circia. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 204. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1.533. 



Ran, Syn. 148. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 873. 

 Querquedula aestiva. Briss. Orn. 6. 445. 



Sarcelle d'ete. Buff. Hist. N... . Ois. 9. 268. Buff. PI. Enl. 946. 

 Canard Sarcelle d'ete. Temm. man. d'Orn. 545. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 



p. 844. 



La Sarcelle ordinaire. Cu-c. Reg. Anim. 1. 539. 

 Summer Teal. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 289. pi. 101. Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 6. 552. Alb. Birds, 2. pi. 103, 104. 

 YOUNG. Anas Querquedula. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 203. Gmel. 



Syst. Nat. I. 531. Rail, Syn. 148. Briss. Orn. 6. 427. 



pi. 39. f. }, 2. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 872. 

 Sarcelle. Biiff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 260. 

 Garganey. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 576. 0. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 550. 



Lath. Syn. Sup. ii. 360. Lath. Linn. Trans, iv. 108. pi. 13. 



f. 2, 3. (trachea.) Lew. Brit. Birds, pi. 259. Wale. Syn. 1. 



pi. 75. Don. Brit. Birds, 1. pi. 21. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. and 



Sup. Bciv. Brit. Birds, 2. 374. 



LENGTH sixteen inches: beak blackish: irides clear 

 brown : the top of the head blackish : a white band 

 passes through the eyes, and is carried towards the 

 nape : the throat is deep black : the head and neck 

 are reddish-brown, sprinkled with small white spots : 

 the base of the neck and the breast are speckled with 

 black bands : on the middle of the scapulars is a 

 white band : the wing-coverts are bluish-ash : the 



