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NATATORES. ANATIDJE. 



PLATE CCXLVIIL 



PINTAIL. 



ANAS ACUTA. 



QUERQUEDULA ACUTA. 



The Pintail Duck is a winter visitant in Great Bri- 

 tain, and more or less numerous according to the state 

 of the weather during that time of the year. 



Its geographical distribution extends over most of the 

 northern countries of Europe, Asia, and America. On the 

 continent of Europe it is more plentiful than with us, but 

 nowhere numerous, being computed to be in proportion 

 to the mallard, only as one to fifty or sixty. 



As this species breeds principally in the northern parts 

 of Siberia, Iceland, Hudson's Bay, Canada, and other 

 suitable parts about the polar circle, it migrates southward 

 on the approach of winter, and thus becomes a resident in 

 Holland, France, and Germany, frequently extending as 

 far south as Italy and the northern coast of Africa. In Asia 

 it descends to Persia, Tartary, China, and Japan, and in 

 America, to the United States and Mexico. 



The autumnal migration takes place in October and 



