GARGANEY.
mVYAI) ADDFATN, (IF T H E A N C I E N T BRITISH.
G A R G A N E Y TEAL. SUMMER TEAL. GARGANEY DUCK.
Anas qucrquaiula, PENNANT. MONTAGU.
Quiiqucdula circia, SEUSY.
Anas—A Duck. Querqutdula— ?
T H E present, in this country, as a rather rare and at the same time
very neatly marked species, is always desirable as an acquisition to a
collection.
In Europe it is plentiful, in Holland and Germany, and is seen in
Sweden. Russia, Ivamtseluitka, France, Spain, Italy. In Asia likewise,
in Siberia, the Dukkun in India, Persia, Arabia, China, and in the
neighbourhood of the Caucasus; also in Africa, in Tunis.
I n i orkshire the (rarganey lias more or less frequently occurred
near Doncaster, I oik. Barnsley, Halifax, at Elland, heeds, the moors
around Iluddersncld, and other places; one near Jiolton-upon-Dcarne
in 1828. Mr. Dunn, of Hull, obtained two in the year 1840. Several
specimens have been shot in the vicinity of Swinhope, Lincolnshire,
as the Rev. 11. I1 . Alington has informed me. In Cornwall two were
procured near Falmouth, one of them at Swanpool, in March, 1!S4();
a second, afterwards, preserved by Mr. Tressider; two, purchased in
the market; and a fifth bought for the sum of sixpence. In Oxfordshire
they occur sometimes, though rarely, in the neighbourhood of
YVeston-on-thc-Green, and other parts. In August, 18o0, three birds
of this species, all young, alighted on some water near Otmoor, and
were shot by a farmer. In Norfolk the Garganey is not uncommon
in the neighbourhood of Yarmouth, and occasionally breeds about
there; it also is known in different places in the county. It has
occurred in Surrey, at Godalming. Likewise in Cambridgeshire. In
Kent, Devon, and Essex, it is said to be rare.