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species, sent to us to be preserved in the 
month of May, 1819. And a pair of these 
birds were shot on the 6th of May, 1817, at 
Hockwold in the county of Norfolk ; the 
female had a perfect egg in her; from 
which circumstance they would doubtless 
have bred in that neighbourhood. This fact 
proves what has not been before ascertained, 
that some of this species continue in Eng- 
land the whole year. They are Abundant 
in Holland, and are found in most coun- 
tries of Europe and Asia, as far as Kamts- 
chatka. It is likewise found in Louisiana. 
Garganeys feed on snails, insects, worms 
aquatic plants and their seeds ; and occa- 
sionally on small fish. 
Buflbn informs us that " in the pairing 
season, the male utters a cry like that of 
the Rail; yet the female seldom makes 
her nest in our Provinces, and almost all 
these birds leave us before the fifteenth or 
twentieth of April. They fly in bands 
in the time of their migrations, without 
preserving like the Ducks any regular or- 
der". 
