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128. THE GARGANEY Anas circia, Linnaeus, is a 

 winter visitor to Algeria, but I am assured by 

 Canon Tristram that it breeds there in small 

 numbers. Taczanowski states that it is rarer than 

 the preceding species. 



129. THE SHOVELLER Anas clypeata, Linnaeus, is. 

 best known as a winter visitor to Algeria, but it 

 breeds there in small numbers. 



130. THE MALLARD Anas boschas, Linnaeus, is 

 a resident in Algeria, but its numbers are vastly 

 increased in winter. Canon Tristram picked up 

 an example of this species which had died of 

 starvation in the centre of the Souafa Desert ! 



131. THE MARBLED DUCK Anas angustirostris 

 (Menetres), occurs throughout Algeria. 



132. THE POCHARD Fuligula ferina (Linnaeus), 

 is a fairly common winter visitor to Algeria. It 

 is said, however, that this species formerly bred 

 sparingly in the country. 



133. THE RED-CRESTED POCHARD Fuligula rufina 

 (Pallas), breeds commonly on the lakes in Algeria, 

 but is more abundant and more widely dispersed in 

 winter. It lays in June. 



134. THE WHITE-EYED POCHARD Fuligula nyroca 

 (Giildenstadt), is a resident and breeds in Algeria. 

 Common in the Wed R'hir. 



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