87. Anas querquedula, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 203. 32.— Faun» Suec. N® 128.— 8co)>.
(+- GARGANEY. i. N° 75.— Brun* N° 81.—Muller,7$° 125.— Krarn. EL p. 343.18*
— Frifcb. pi. 176.
La Sarcelle, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 427. 31, pi. 39. 1. z.— Buf. Qif. ix. p. 260$
— PL Enl. 946. (male.)
'Garganey, Raii Sjn. p. 148. 8.— Will. Orn. p. 377. § 7. pi. 74.— Br. Zool.
289. pi. loi*— Arft. Zvol. p. 576. O.
Br. Muf Lev* Muf.
Description.
Female
Place and
Manners*
'"JHHIS is fomewhat larger than the Teale length feventeen
inches : breadth twenty-eight. Bill black: the crown and
hind head are dufky brown : from the eye a white dreak pafies
to the hind head: on the chin a large black fpot: the cheeks and
upper part of the neck are pale purple, marked with minute oblong
lines of white pointing downwards : bread light brown,
marked with femicircular bars of black : belly white; lower part
of it, and vent, varied with fpecks of a dufky hue: wing coverts
grey j but the lowed are tipped with white : the fird quills are
afh-cokmred ; the exterior webs of thofe in the middle grey :
fcapulars long and narrow, and elegantly driped with afh-colour,
white, and black: tail dufky: legs lead-colour. This fex is fur-
nifhed with a labyrinth.
The female has an obfcure white mark over the eye ; the red
of the plumage of a brownifh afh-colour, not unlike that of a hen
'Teal; but the wing wants the green fpots, which fufficiently dif-
tinguifhes thefe birds. . ■ » :
This fpecies is found in England in the winter feafon, as well
as feen at that time in France; departs from the lad in J f r i l :
migrates to the north as Jammer comes on, in order to breed.
7 Noticed
Noticed in Europe as far as Sweden 5 and is common throughout
Rujfia and Sibiria, as far as Kamtfchatka, at which lad place it is
very frequent»
Anas crecca, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 204. 33.— Faun. Suee. N° 129.— Brun. N* 82.83.
— Muller, N“ 126— Kram. El. p. 343. ig^FtrÿU). pi. 174.— G««*#
Reife, N° 166.
La petite Sarcelle, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 43^* 32, P^* 40, ^•mmmBuf. Oif. ix. p> 265.
pf, 17- 18.— PL EnL 947.
Common Teal, Raii Syn.p. 147. A. 6.—Will. Orn. p. 377. § 6. pi. 74*"“”
Albin, i* pi* loo.!—Br. Zool. ii. N° 290.—Arft. Z00L p. 577. P.
Br. Mu/. Lev. Muf.
Bill black r irides pale hazel: head and neck reddifh bay :
fades of the head, behind the eye, green, palling backwards to the
nape; bounded on the under part with a white line: the lower
part of the neck behind, the beginning of the back, fcapulars,
and fides of the body, white, marked' with tranfverfe fine black
lines : fore paft of the neck and bread dufky white,, marked with
roundifh black fpots: belly white: middle of the vent black :
wing coverts brown : quills dufky : fpeculum green, bounded
obliquely above with black, and edged with white : tail cuneiform,
brown, edged with white : legs brown. At the entrance of the
lungs is a labyrinth.
The female has the head and neck dutky white and brown
mixed : the lower part of the neck,, and fides over the wing,
brown, edged with dufky white: wings as in the mall: belly
white: vent the fame, not black.
We frequently fee the Teal in our markets along with the
Wild.
+- COMMON
TEAL»
D escription-,
Fem-ale.
P lace and
Manner*.