528 THE BIRDS OF HELIGOLAND 



England and in Sweden. Its nesting range extends from France to 

 the Amoor River. 



327. Teal [KRICKENTE]. 



ANAS CRECCA, Linn.i 

 Heligolandish : Kriick-Enn = Krickente Teal. 



Anas crecca. Nauruann, xi. 701. 



Teal. Dresser, vi. 507. 



Canard sarcelle d'hiver. Temminck, Mamiel, ii. 846, iv. 539. 



Young birds of this, the smallest of our native Ducks, occur 

 here pretty frequently in autumn. Males in handsome plumage 

 make their appearance soon after the break-up of winter, and 

 in the course of spring, and large flocks are seen to pass on 

 migration. Heligoland, in fact, does not possess suitable stations 

 to induce this and other species of Ducks to alight and tarry 

 upon it. 



This beautiful bird is distributed as a breeding species in very 

 large numbers from Iceland throughout England, Germany, and 

 Scandinavia, up to 70 N. latitude; and is found nesting within 

 the same parallels of latitude as far as eastern Asia. 



328. Shoveller [LOFFELENTE]. 

 ANAS CLYPEATA, Linn. 2 



Anas clypeata. Naumann, xi. 747. 



Shoveller. Dresser, vi. 497. 



Canard souchet. Temminck, Manuel, ii. 842, iv. 540. 



Only one example of this species can be recorded from Heligo- 

 land an old female in my collection, which was shot many years 

 ago. Besides this example, the species has never been seen here, 

 which is probably owing to the fact that its nesting zone does not 

 lie so far north as that of many of its congeners previously men- 

 tioned. It is found breeding from England through Jutland, 

 lower Scandinavia, and Russia, as far as eastern Asia, Alaska, and 

 in the whole of northern America. 



1 Querquedida crecca (Linn. ). " Spatula clypeata (Linn). 



