GARGANEY. 



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parts under the skin on each side, holding- nearly as much as the cavity 

 of the body. Now as a full or extraordinary inspiration of the human 

 lungs has been considered to occupy a space of about sixty cubic inches, 

 (Phil. Trans, vol. 69, p. 349,) so the Gannet is capable of containing 

 not less than 180 cubic inches of air at one time, subject to the will of 

 the bird under certain impressions. 



GAPE. — A cavity formed by the mandibles of the bill. 



GARDENIAN HERON.— A name for the young- of the Night 

 Heron. 



GARGANEY {Querquedula circia, Stephens.) 



Anas Querquedula, Linn. Syst. 1. p, 203. 32.— Gmel. Syst 2. p. 531. — 7?tm, Syn, 



p. 148. 8 — Will. p. 291. t. 74 Ind. Orn. 2. p. 872. 99.— Briss. 6. p. 427. 



31. t. 39. f. 1. 2.— Ib. 8vo. 2. p. 473— Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2. p. 844 Anas 



circia, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 533. — Phascas forte Gesnero D. Johnson, Bail, Syn. 

 p. 147. A. 4. (fem.)— Will. p. 289 Sarcelle, Buff. Ois. 9. p. 260.— Querque- 

 dula circia, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. 9 Garganey, Br. Zool. 2. No. 289. t. 



101 Ib. fol. 158. t. Q. 9 Arct. Zool. 2. p. 576. O.— Will. (Angl.) p. 377. 



7. t. 74 Lath. Syn. 6. p. 550. 87 Lewin's Br. Birds, t. 259 — Pult. Cat. 



Dorset, p. 21 Wale Syn. 1. t. 75.— Don. Br. Birds, 1. t. 21 Flem. Br. 



Aram. p. 125 Teal, var. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Provincial. — Pied Widg-eon. Summer Teal. 



This species of duck is in size between the widg-eon and teal ; length 

 about sixteen inches ; weig-ht fourteen or fifteen ounces. The bill is 

 dark lead-colour ; irides light hazel. 



The upper part of the head dusky brown, streaked with dusky ; 

 over the eye is a broad white line, passing down the side of the neck ; 

 the cheeks and upper part of the neck purplish, marked with minute 

 lines of white pointing downwards ; the breast marked with semicir- 

 culars lines of brown and black ; chin black ; belly dirty white, streaked 

 with dusky towards the vent ; the sides crossed with numerous small 

 black undulated lines ; coverts of the wings cinereous grey, the larger 

 ones tipped with white ; scapulars long and narrow, the upper ones 

 striped with black, white, and ash-colour, the rest cinereous grey ; 

 the speculum on the secondary quill-feathers is green, tipped with 

 white ; the tail is dusky ; legs lead-colour ; tail possesses fourteen 

 feathers. The female is brown above, streaked with dusky ; the white 

 streak behind the eye is very faint, and the green on the wing wanting. 

 This last distinguishes it from the female teal, which in other respects 

 it resembles. 



Whether this bird ever breeds with us is not ascertained ; we have 

 received it from the decoys in Somersetshire, in the month of April, 

 by the name of summer-teal, and were informed it made its appearance 

 on those pools always about this time. 



It is found with us in winter, as also in France at that season ; has 



