THE WIGEON. 



Aims Pent' I ope. 



HERE is no member of the 

 Duck family so familiarly 

 known or so widely distri- 

 buted throughout Great Bri- 

 tain as the Wigeon. 



Every winter these birds 

 visit our shores in enormous 

 numbers, and may be found 

 not only on the sea-coasts, 

 but upon almost every large 

 sheet of water, fen, or river 

 in the country. The markets 

 and poulterers' shops are in- 

 variably well stocked with 

 them ; and if the total num- 

 ber of Wigeons exposed in 

 one season alone could be 

 ascertained, some very start- 

 ling figures would certainly 

 be the result. 



Some of these birds are 

 caught, along with Wild 

 Ducks, in decoy nets, and a 

 great many fall victims to 



