The whole length sixteen inches. From thé carpal joikP”
to the end of the wing seven inches and three-quarters; the
first quill-feather the longest.
Females are smaller than males, and have the whole of the
heacTTirown, with' darker spots and'lines; over the eyesan
indication of a light hand, of pale bro.wn; .back;,1 scapulars,
and tertials daafrthrown, with ferfugio9UEr*'jis^g®i • *nd_.whi||.
tips ; wing-covêrts brown; speculum dull,fï^twèen’ two ïbars.
of white; chin whitev,, bieast -varied with two >s h a d o o f
brown, on a surface of greyish-whiter- sides and flanks pale
brown, varied with darker* brown;
Young' males, as usual, resemble -females\cin their .first
plumage, attaining their aexuaT distinctions after their first
moult.
The^windpipe of the Garganey-i&mbout *'s|fr<ihe4nclieSi in
length; -thé’ tube-slightly enlarged towards' thè^ottOmf;; in
the form of the bony-enlargementi it--'is,.'J&owévér,jqnite distinct:
from that" of-any other • species Liam acquainted -with.
I t is nearly oval, and placèd perpendieülarly, so asdo appear
like a continuation of thé' tracheal-ttlbe, rather than as an
appendage'to-it; the enlargements riot on the MfbfSidd, as
in other-spricies, but in the front, and the bronchial tubes
come off from the flattened inner surface which lies upon the
Oesophagus. The voice, • as noticed by Mr. Selby^il. said to
be a low hoarse croakv
NAT A T ORES. ANATIDÆ.
TH E '
Anas creeea\ The f a a l , Bri-t. Zôol. vol. ii. p. 2 7 9 .
y y y y MoNT.^ O m itb . D ie t.
y y y y "Bewick, B rit. B ird s, v o l.iis p . 3 9 2 .
,, y y y > F lem-. B rit. A n . p. 125. ,
Querquedala ,, Common,, Selby, BtîI. O rn ith . y p% l|,lp . S l5 .
Anas j ,, ■■ Tke jEÿWks,’B rit. V e rt. p. 235.
Querquedula ... . Common,, • Gould, B ird s o f E u ro p e , p t, ix , B
Anas , ) JSarcelle d'hivgr.,-Tem m . M a n . d ’O rn ith . vol. ii. p . 846,
T h i s very prettily' marked species, the smallest of our
Ducks, but one of the best as an article of food, is an early
and constant winter, visitor, making its appearance by the end
of September, - Sometimes sooner than that, and remaining
with,,-, us till spring has made considerable progress; their