. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . cata, Pallas. Latham. MiDDENDOEFF. ScHRENCK. drepanopterus, Messerschmidt. Brandt. Querqueclula falcata, Bonaparte. Specific Characters.—Male.—Top of tte liead and clieeks aricK metallic brown; sides of tlie bead and nape metallic green;tbe featbers of botb tbese regions being prolonged at tbe nape,so as to form a crest of brown and green; a black collarround tbe pure wbite neck. Pive or six of tbe scapularies oneacb side very long and strong, and extending in a falcated orsickle-sbaped form over tbe wing. Lengtb (male) ni
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . cata, Pallas. Latham. MiDDENDOEFF. ScHRENCK. drepanopterus, Messerschmidt. Brandt. Querqueclula falcata, Bonaparte. Specific Characters.—Male.—Top of tte liead and clieeks aricK metallic brown; sides of tlie bead and nape metallic green;tbe featbers of botb tbese regions being prolonged at tbe nape,so as to form a crest of brown and green; a black collarround tbe pure wbite neck. Pive or six of tbe scapularies oneacb side very long and strong, and extending in a falcated orsickle-sbaped form over tbe wing. Lengtb (male) nineteen incbes;carpus to tip ten incbes; longest sickle-sbaped scapular featbereigbt incbes; beak from rictus two incbes; breadtb at basefive eigbtbs of an incb; tarsus one incb and a balf; middle toeand claw two incbes. This very beautiful Duck is an Asiatic species,inhabiting Siberia and Amoor Land in considerablenumbers. Its title to a place in the European listrests upon its accidental appearance in Sweden, Hun-gary, and Germany. The Prince of Canino records a. FALCATED TEAL. 15x fine male specimen as having been captured in theneighbourhood of Vienna, and he gives Hungary asits European locality in the Conspectus AviumEuropeearum. Mr. A. Newton is my authority forits occurrence in Sweden, As an accidental and extremely rare visiter only canthis elegant bird be admitted into the European avi-fauna. Its real home is in the eastern part of Siberia,from the River Jenisei to the Lena, and beyond LakeBaikal, as stated by Pallas in his travels, vol. iii, , and in the Journey to Georgia, 1772, p. says it probably winters in the Mongoliandeserts, and he states that he received a live specimenfrom China, which lived for some time among otherpoultry, and was pretty familiar. Middendorff, in hisSiberische Eeise, vol. ii, p. 231, gives an account ofit in Siberia, and figures the female and its egg. Morerecently. Dr. Leopold Von. Schrenck has given a longand somewhat
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