. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . heir nests all round the house, on the gardenwall, on the roof, in the inside of the house, and on the chapel. The locality where the Eiders make their nests is always diffi- 250 DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS, AND PELICANS. cult of access. Nevertlieless, the inhabitants of Iceland, Lapland,and the coasts of the North Sea invariably secure them. Theharvest which is derived from these birds is the source of a con-siderable revenue, eider-down being, in fact, a very large a
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . heir nests all round the house, on the gardenwall, on the roof, in the inside of the house, and on the chapel. The locality where the Eiders make their nests is always diffi- 250 DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS, AND PELICANS. cult of access. Nevertlieless, the inhabitants of Iceland, Lapland,and the coasts of the North Sea invariably secure them. Theharvest which is derived from these birds is the source of a con-siderable revenue, eider-down being, in fact, a very large articleof commerce. The rocks where the Eider Ducks lay their eggsare private property, and are handed down in families just as ifthey were the most valuable possessions. The Common Teal: Montagu, Selby. Green-winged English SynonymsTeal. Latin Synonyms.—Anas crecca: Linn,, Latham, Flemming, Temminck,Jenyns. Querquedula crecca: Bonaparte, Selby, McGillivray. French Synonym.—Canard Sarcelle. This is the smallest of the Duck kind known in the BritishIsles. It is a remarkably beautiful bird, and in colouring as well. Fig. 91.—Common Teal (Anas crecca). as in form closely resembles the Mallard, but is much frequents marshy places and the margins of lakes and rivers,seldom betaking itself to estuaries or the sea-coast until frost setsin. It walks with ease, swims with great dexterity, flies rapidly,,and is in all respects remarkable for its activity. It rises fromthe water or the land at once, and shoots away with greatrapidity, so that the marksman who would bring it down must bevery expert with his gun. It breeds in the long reedy grasseson the margin of lakes, or on upland moors and marshes. Its nest TEALS. 251 is a mass of decayed vegetable matter lined with down and feathers,in which it lays ten or twelve eggs, about an inch and three-quarters in length and an inch and a quarter in breadth. Northof the Tay they are found occasionally all the year ro
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