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GARGANY DUCK. 
there can be no doubt that the great body touch our 
islands in their spring passage, a few stragglers only 
remaining to breed, and these instances seem chiefly 
to be recorded from the county of Norfolk. In the 
north of England we have Mr. Selby's authority for 
their non-occurrence, while in Scotland the species 
has never come under our own observation, either 
at large or in a fresh state, though Mr. Yarrell 
states, on the authority of Dr. Edward Clark, that 
six specimens were shot in Stirlingshire in March 
1841 . We have little doubt that the southern half 
of England is the boundary of its northern range, 
except in accidental instances. In Ireland it has 
been sparingly obtained. Over the greater part of 
Europe it appears either to be a visitant in spring, 
or towards the south in some cases remaining to 
breed, and it reaches as far north as Sweden,* 
but the winter retreat of the bird seems scarcely 
to be ascertained. Tlio Zoological Society have 
received specimens from the vicinity of Tunis, t 
It is included among the birds of tho Deccan 
by Colonel Sykes, and by Mr. Jerdon is said to 
be common on the Indian peninsula through the 
cold weather, being one of the first to arrive in the 
country. 
On the crown there is a broad line of brownish 
black, gradually narrowing 'on tho hind head and 
losing itself in a point on the back of the neck ; on 
the forehead this is shaded into light reddish brown, 
which is the prevailing ground-colour of the cheeks 
* Nilsson. + Yarrell. 
