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each side of the tail a cream-coloured patch ; bill blackish ; legs dull blue- 

 grey ; iris brown. Cnlmen 1-8, wing 10*0, tail 3'0, tarsus T35 inch. The 

 female is smaller, has the head and neck purplish brown striped with 

 whitish ; upper parts rufous or fulvous varied with brown ; wings as in 

 the male, but the inner secondaries not elongated ; upper breast rufous 

 with purplish brown cross-markings ; rest qf under parts fulvous in- 

 distinctly mottled with brown. After the breeding season the male 

 assumes a dress not unlike that of the female. 



Hob. Northern Asia, north to Kamchatka, in winter 

 migrating south to China and India ; Japan ; of accidental 

 and rare occurrence in Europe. 



The present species is a frequenter of fresh- water and in 

 general habits resembles Q. crecca. It feeds chiefly on vegetable 

 matter and consorts with the Baikal Teal, the Wild Duck, and 

 Pintail. Its nest is placed on the ground usually near water, 

 and its eggs, 7 to 10 in number, are usually deposited in May 

 and resemble those of Q. crecca being pale creamy, smooth in 

 texture, and measure about 2'19 by 1*54. 



QUERQUEDULA, Stephens, 1824. 



848. GARGANEY. 

 QUERQUEDULA CIRCIA. 



Querquedula clrcia (Linn.), Syst. Nat, i. p. 204 (1766) ; Gould, B. of E. 

 pi. 364 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. v. pi. 17 ; Dresser, vi. p. 513, pi. 427 ; 

 David and Oust, Ois. Chine, p. 532 ; Salvador!, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 p. 293 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 449 ; Saunders, p. 435 ; 

 (Lilford), vii. p. 98, pi. 39 ; A. querquedula, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 

 p. 203 (1766) ; Naum. xi. p. 677, Taf. 303 ; Hewitson, ii. p. 409, 

 pi. cxiv. fig. 1 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. O. p. 1145. 



Sarcelle d'ttf, French : Marreco, Marreqidnho, Portug. ; Patito, 

 Cerceta, Span. ; Marzajola, Ital. ; Knakente, German ; Zomertaling, 

 Dutch ; Atlingand, Dan. ; l&weand, Norweg. ; Arta, Swed. \ 

 ffeinatavi, Finn. ; Tchirok-tres-kuntechik, Russ. ; Arasch, Arab. ; 

 Chaitwa, Khira, Hindu. ; Shima-haji, Jap. 



$ ad. (Denmark). Forehead dull chestnut marked with white, the 

 crown and nape dark brown ; a white stripe from the eye to the nape ; 

 sides of face and neck dark chestnut streaked with white ; back brown 

 washed with ashy blue, the lower back bluer and irregularly barred with 

 white ; tail dark brown with narrow white margins ; wing-coverts clear 

 blue-grey ; alar speculum green, on each side bordered with white ; 

 elongated inner secondaries lavender-grey with black and white stripes 



