GARGANEY. 



NATATORES. 



277 



ANATIDM. 



THE GARGANEY, 



OR SUMMER TEAL. 



Anas querquedula. 



Anas querquedula, Garganey Duck, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 277. 



The Garganey, MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 390. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 125. 



Querquedula circia, Garganey Teal, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 318. 



Anas querquedula, The Garganey, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 234. 



Garganey Teal, GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xiii. 



Sarcelle d'ete, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 844. 



INTERMEDIATE in size between the Teal and the Wigeon, 

 the birds next in succession to be described, the Garganey, 

 is rather a rare species, and though I have seen specimens 

 in October, it more frequently makes its appearance in the 

 spring, and then only in comparative small numbers. 

 These birds are then on their way to the south, as various 

 references to authorities in the south of Europe, to be here- 



