CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 93 



GAEGANEY. 



Case 94. 



This beautiful little Duck is only a summer visitor to 

 Great Britain. 



It is far from uncommon in Norfolk and Suffolk, 

 arriving about the latter end of March or beginning 

 of April. Several pairs usually nest in the reed beds 

 and rough marshes in the neighbourhood of Hickling 

 Broad 



The young in their first plumage are by no means 

 unlike the Common Teal of the same age, but the pale 

 blue feathers on the wing at once indicate their species. 



The specimens in the case were shot on Hickling 

 Broad, in Norfolk, in May, 1870. 



GEEENSHANK. (SUMMER.) 

 Case 95. 



The Greenshank makes its appearance in the spring, 

 arriving generally early in May, on its way to its breed- 

 ing quarters in the far north, and visiting us again in 

 the autumn on its return. 



Several pairs, however, remain and rear their young 

 in the northern counties of Scotland. This is more 

 frequently the case than is usually supposed in Eoss- 

 shire, Sutherland, and Caithness; most writers assert- 

 ing that its breeding in the British Islands is a rare 

 occurrence. 



The nest is placed on the open moor, at some 

 distance from the usual haunts of the bird. 



