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Holland, and France. In Spain it occurs at Lake Gallo- 

 canta, in Arragon, where it is called collilargo. It is seen 

 at Genoa twice annually on its passage ; and in Italy Savi 

 says it appears at the beginning of winter and remains till 

 spring. It is observed at Corfu, in Sicily, and at Malta 

 in winter. Mr. Strickland saw this species at Smyrna in 

 winter. Messrs. Dickson and Ross sent the Zoological 

 Society specimens from Erzerum, that were killed there at 

 the end of March ; and the Russian naturalist found this 

 Duck in the vicinity of the Caspian Sea. It is found in 

 India, China, and Japan. 



The Pintail is included in the Catalogue of the birds of 

 the Faro Islands ; and Mr. Proctor says that a few breed 

 in Iceland, laying from six to ten eggs, in a nest placed 

 among reeds and thick herbage ; it is also found in North 

 America, the United States, and Newfoundland. The 

 British Museum contains a specimen from Jamaica. 



The appearance of the adult male in July, August, and 

 September, has been already noticed. In winter the bill is 

 lead grey on the sides, part of the central ridge and the 

 base brownish-black ; irides dark brown ; head, cheeks, 

 chin, sides, and upper half of the neck in front rich dark 

 brown ; nape and back of the neck the same, the occipital 

 portion tinged with purple ; back, scapulars, the part 

 before the wings, and the smaller coverts, rich grey, pro- 

 duced by fine undulating alternate lines of greyish-white 

 and bluish-black ; primaries greyish brown : secondaries 

 black, the end of the outer web of each forming a speculum 

 of dark green : greater wing-coverts ash-brown, tipped 

 with reddish-buff and white ; tertials elongated, black in 

 the centre, with a white lateral margin on the outer web, 

 and a grey one on the inner ; tail-coverts ash-grey ; the 

 elongated tail-feathers black; the others dark brown, 



