GARGANEY. 
40 D 
NA TA TORES. 
AN AT ID jE. 
GARGANEY. 
Anas querquedula. 
PLATE CXIV. FIG. I. 
Although the Garganey has been shot in this country 
during the breeding-season, its nest and eggs have not yet 
been found. 
Mr. Hoy, who met with them on the Continent, sent 
me the following short notice: “The Garganey commences 
laying its eggs about the middle of April. The nest, which 
is composed of rushes and dried grass mixed with the down 
of the bird, is placed upon the ground in low boggy situa¬ 
tions, among the coarse herbage and rushes in marshes, 
and on the borders of inland waters and rivers. The eggs 
are from eight to ten in number/' and differ from those of 
the teal chiefly in the larger proportion of yellow which 
prevails in their surface covering. 
