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DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Resident and winter-visitor. Gener- 

 ally distributed. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Northern Hemisphere, in winter south 

 to north-east Africa and north India. Also in North America, but 

 at least the Greenland form is separable ; in winter (in America) 

 south to Mexico, West Indies, and Panama. 



ANAS STREPERA 



288. Anas strepera L. THE GADWALL. 



ANAS STREPERA Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 125 (1758 Europe. 



Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Anas strepera Linnaeus, Yarrell, iv, p. 370 ; Saunders, p. 425. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Resident and winter -visit or. Breeds 

 regularly (now in considerable numbers) Norfolk and Suffolk, and 

 in 1909, 1910, and probably previously, on a loch in Forth area, 

 Scotland. Also bred in Peebles, 1906. Elsewhere autumn to 

 spring visitor, uncertain and scarce most parts, but common 

 Tiree. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Northern Hemisphere, breeding in tem- 

 perate regions of both continents ; in winter south to Abyssinia, 

 India and China, Mexico and Florida. (Accidental in Bermudas, 

 Cuba, and Jamaica.) 



ANAS CRECCA 



289. Anas crecca crecca L. THE TEAL. 



ANAS CRECCA Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 126 (1758 Europe. Re- 

 stricted typical locality : Sweden). 

 Querquedula crecca (Linnaeus), Yarrell, iv, p. 387 ; Saunders, p. 431. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Resident and winter-visitor. Breeds 

 most English counties ; sparsely southern and inland ones, more 

 plentifully eastern and northern and in Wales. In Scotland widely 

 distributed breeding-bird, and known to breed plentifully in some 

 O. Hebrides since 1901. In Ireland breeds throughout in limited 

 numbers. Some home-bred birds emigrate in autumn, but numbers 

 are greatly increased in winter by Continental visitors. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Palsearctic region generally, breeding 

 more abundantly in northern portions, but in winter all over con- 

 tinent of Europe, where open fresh-water remains, and in milder 

 parts of Asia, south to Haussa-land, Abyssinia, Blue Nile, Sokotra, 

 India and Ceylon, Burmah, Japan and China. Represented by 

 A. c. carolinensis in North America. 



