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WIGEON. 



COMMON WIGEON. WHEW DUCK. 



Anns Penelope. PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Ma> tea Peuelupe, STEPHENS. iJELBY. 



Anas A. Duck. Penelope The name of the wife of Ulysses. 



Why applied to this bird, I canuot tell. 



THIS handsome Duck is widely distributed in Europe and 

 Asia it ranges from Iceland to Norway, Sweden, Lapland, 

 Finland, Holland, where some breed, as also to France, Prussia, 

 Germany, and Poland. It occurs likewise in Africa, finding 

 its way to Egypt. In Asia, it has been perceived in Asia 

 Minor, and in India in Japan. 



It frequents both the sea-coast and the grassy borders of 

 rivers, swamps, lochs, lakes, fens, and ponds. It is a very 

 abundant species, and great numbers are taken in decoys. 



In Yorkshire the Wigeon is met with more or less commonly 

 about Doncaster, York, Leeds, Sheffield, Hebden Bridge, 

 Barnsley, and other parts of the county. In Northampton- 

 shire it occurs, as elsewhere; in Norfolk it is abundant. In 

 Cornwall it is not uncommon in the neighbourhood of Falmouth 

 at Swanpool, Gwyllyn Vase, Penryn Creek, and Mylor Creek. 

 In Lincolnshire on Croxby Lake. 



In Orkney this species is numerous in winter. In Ireland 

 also it is common. 



Mr. Selby and Sir William Jardine have found the nest in 

 Sutherlandshire, on Loch Laigal, Loch Hope, Loch Shin, and 

 Loch Naver, and also on smaller waters near Lairg. 



With such exceptions as those mentioned above, the Wigeon 

 goes northwards in the spring to breed, returning again in 

 the autumn; the former in March and April, and the 'merry 

 month of May,' the latter in the middle or end of September, 



