﻿108 ANATID,£. 



NATATORES. ANATID/F.. 



PLATE CCLI. 



BIMACULATED DUCK. 



QUERQUEDULA GLOCITANS. 



The Bimaculated Duck is said, by ornithologists, to be a 

 " very rare visitant in Great Britain; 1 ' rare indeed, one solitary 

 individual having been taken in 1771, according to Pennant, 

 and two others bought in Leadenhall Market in 1812, which 

 were said to be taken in Essex : these latter are now preserved 

 in the Museum of the Zoological Society, having been pre- 

 sented by Mr. Vigors. We figure this species in our work, 

 not only as we are in duty bound to do, in consequence of its 

 having been included in the list of British Birds by all British 

 ornithologists of the present century, but principally for its 

 own sake, and on account of its personal beauty. 



It is to be regretted that no one had the spirit or love of 

 science sufficient to preserve the tracheae and other internal 

 particulars of these specimens, from which more knowledge 

 might have been derived ; and we regret also that we are under 

 the necessity of repeating the same story that is to be found in 

 every book on the subject, and which is originally derived 

 from Pallas, namely, that it is a native of Siberia, frequenting 

 Lake Baikal, and the river Lena ; nothing else being known 

 respecting the habits, &c, &c, of this ornamental pair of 



