HISTOKY OF BRITISH BIRDS, 



GADWALL. 



GAT) WALL DUCK. COMMON GADWALL. 



Anns strepera, PENXANT. MONTAGU. 



Chautiodus strepera, SELBY. 



Anas A Duck. Slrepera A factitious word from Strepo To rustle. 



THIS is a rare species with us, but specimens are obtained 

 now and then throughout the country. 



On the continent of Europe it is met with in Spain, France, 

 Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Norway, and 

 Sweden, as also in Iceland. On that of Asia, in Siberia, 

 India, the country near the Caucasus, China, Japan, and 

 Persia. In Africa likewise, in the northern parts; and in 

 America, from the fur countries through the United States 

 to South Carolina. 



In Yorkshire, two were obtained on the Humber, about 

 the 10th. of March, 1851; others near Doncaster. It has 

 been met with, but rarely, near York, and also at Swillington, 

 the seat of Sir John Lowther, Bart., near Leeds. In Norfolk, 

 two or three used to be shot every year near Yarmouth, on 

 Breydon. Two were on sale in the Cambridge market, on 

 the 25th. of February, 1824. One, of which Mr. M. C. Cooke 

 has informed me, was obtained in the vicinity of Ingham, in 

 Norfolk; the Hon. T. L. Powys mentions the occurrence of 

 the species in Northamptonshire. In Cornwall, it has been 

 met with at Gwyllyn Vase, near Falmouth. In Oxfordshire, 



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