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The Natural History of British Ducks 
Eider Duck : 
Breeding, 34 
Can be rendered fit for food by dieting, 73 
Family parties, 1 1 
Evans, W., finds Pintails' nests on Loch Leven, 94 
Faber notes Wigeon nesting in Iceland, 38 
Falcons attacking wild Duck, 15 
Gadwall (Anas strepera, Linnaeus), 29, seqq. 
Affinity with Wigeon, 35 
Appearance on water, 31 
Character, 31, 32 
Croak, 31, 32 
Diet, 31 
Distribution, 29, 30 
Eggs, 33 
Hybrids, 35 
Nesting, 32, 33 ■ 
Plumage, mature, 48 
Plumage of female, 37 
Plumage of male, 35, 36 
Moulting, 36 
Plumage of young drake, changes in, 35 
Garganey {Querquedula drcia, Linnaeus), 4, 71, seqq. 
Courtship, 73 
' Cricket Teal,' ' Summer Teal,' 74 
Diet, 44, 73 
Distribution, 71 
Female difficult to distinguish from Teal, 73 
Flight, 73 
Habits, 72, 74 
Hybrids, 74 
In Norfolk, 30 
Link between Teal and Shoveler, 72 
Nest and eggs, 74 
Note, 74 
On broads of Norfolk, 7 1 
Plumage, 75 
Plumage, mature, 48 
Gibson, W. G., on Blue-winged Teal in Naturalist, 76 
Golden-eye cock at Woburn Abbey, 6 
Graham, Sir Richard, Duck shoots of, 17 
Gray, Robert, on Wigeon nesting in Outer Hebrides, 
40, 41 
Green-winged Teal. {Sec American Green-winged Teal) 
Grey, Sir Edward, on hybrid between Wigeon and 
Pintail, 98 
Greylags at Woburn Abbey, 5 
Gulls ' treading ' for worms, 4 
Gurney, J. H., on : 
Gadwall in Norfolk, 30 
Garganey in Norfolk, 7 1 
HiCKLEY, Admiral, possesses albino Teal, 86 
Hill, Lord, Green-winged Teal, 89 
Holland, shooting Wigeon in, 43 
Hume on Gadwall in India, 29 
Iceland, Wigeon and Pintail in, 38 
Ireland : 
Shoveler in, 59, 64 
Wigeon in, 41 
Jardine, Sir William : 
Blue-winged Teal in Edinburgh Museum, 76 
Takes Wigeon nest in Loch Laighal, 40 
Jerdon, Dr., on Wigeon in India, 39 
Lapwing ' treading ' for worms, 4 
Loch Leven : 
Carrion Crows on, 12 
Peregrine 'stooping ' at Goose over, 15 
Pintails' nests on, 93 
Shovelers on, 58, 62 
Wigeon breeding on, 40 
Loch Spynie, Shovelers on, 62 
Longueville decoy lake, Gadwall visits, 30 
MacGillivray, W., on Wigeon in Outer Hebrides, \x 
Mackintosh, The, Duck shoots of, 17 
Mallard {Anas Boscas, Linnaeus), i, seqq. 
Age limit, 16 
At Woburn Abbey, 5 
Call, 6 
Catching flies, 8 
Conduct to sick young, 9 
Courtship, 6 
Delicacy of young, 10 
Diet, 3 
