. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ANATID^. 429. -Mh^m^^'^^'^ THE PINTAIL. DAfila ACtJTA (Linnaeus). This slender and elegant Duck—locally known from the length of its tail as the " Sea Pheasant"—is a regular visitor to Great Britain, from September onwards. In the northern districts it seldom lingers long, while its numbers on the east coast are subject to considerable variation, and on the west it is rather uncommon ; its principal resorts being our southern shores and estuaries, though its appearance on inland waters is not unusual. As a rule the Pintail leaves us in
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ANATID^. 429. -Mh^m^^'^^'^ THE PINTAIL. DAfila ACtJTA (Linnaeus). This slender and elegant Duck—locally known from the length of its tail as the " Sea Pheasant"—is a regular visitor to Great Britain, from September onwards. In the northern districts it seldom lingers long, while its numbers on the east coast are subject to considerable variation, and on the west it is rather uncommon ; its principal resorts being our southern shores and estuaries, though its appearance on inland waters is not unusual. As a rule the Pintail leaves us in April; but in the east of Scotland it has now established itself as a breeding-species, six or seven pairs of birds and four of their nests having been discovered on Loch Leven this summer by Mr. W. Evans (Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist:, 1898, p. 162). In the west the Pintail is rare, though there is some evidence that it has bred in the Hebrides, and it is uncommon in the Orkneys and Shetlands. To the south and west of Ireland it is a winter- visitor, and it is said to have nested, exceptionally, at Abbeyleix in Queen's County, but on the whole it is local and not numerous. In spring its numbers are increased by migrants from the south. The Pintail has nested in the Faeroes, and is generally distributed in Iceland during the summer months, sometimes wandering to Greenland. It breeds abundantly in the northern portions of Europe ; in tolerable numbers in Holland ; and, decreasingly, down. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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