PLATE CCXXV. 



Anas Strepera. Gefn. Av. 121. 



Jldr. Orn. 3. 234. 



Brif Av. 6. p. 339. 8. t, 33, /. L 



Klein. Av. p. 132. 6. 



Scimarrenle. Frifck, Av. f. lG8. 

 Gadwall or Gray, .Bri^. j^oo/. 2. 288, 

 yirc^i 2'oo/. 2. /?. 575. L. 



Av. 1. p. 145. ^. 2. 

 my/. On^. p. 374. t. 72. 



Gf7/. 311. 2. p. 515. 61, 



The female Gadwall is already figured in Plate CCXV. of this 

 ork ; the prefent figure is that of the male bird. 



The Gadwall is an elegant bird about the ordinary fize of the 

 WigeoH;, and is in particular diftiiiguiflied by the chafte variety of 

 tints and markings on its plumage, that of the male bird efpecially. 

 The female is rather more obfcure in colour, and is in particular 

 deftilute of thofe elegant fcallops, or femi-circular dark lines which 

 appear confpicuoufly elegant on the neck and breaft of the male 

 bird. 



This fpecies is found in j^ngland only during the winter months, 

 when the feverity of the feafon compels them to retire fouthward ; 

 their habitation in the fummer being northward as far as Sweden, 

 Ruffia, and Siberia : in the firft of which it is known to breed. 



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