286 



NA TA TORES. 



ANATID^E. 



ANATIDM. 



THE WIGEON. 



Anas penelope. 



Anas Penelope, The Wigeon, 



Mareca* 



Anas 



Common 

 The 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 273. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 366. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 124. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 324. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 236. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. x. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 840. 



Canard sffleur, 



THE immense number of Wigeons which visit this coun- 

 try during the winter season render it a valuable species 

 here, with the additional advantage that it frequents the 

 shores all round the coast, as well as the rivers, lakes, 

 and fens of the interior. It is justly in great esteem for 



* Mareca of Stephens, 1824. 



