. Animals in menageries. nlike the male, that, before Wilsonascertained its identity, it was always thought a distinctspecies. It wants the white patch on the sides of therump, the crescent before the eyes, and tlie rich purpletint on the head and neck : the upper plumage is brown,and the pale bars are less distinct; the imder plumageis white and brown, with irregular blotches of a darkercolour, instead of neat round spots: the wings as inthe male. The young birds want the green speculumon the wings ; and in other respects are like the total length of the full grown male is about ei
. Animals in menageries. nlike the male, that, before Wilsonascertained its identity, it was always thought a distinctspecies. It wants the white patch on the sides of therump, the crescent before the eyes, and tlie rich purpletint on the head and neck : the upper plumage is brown,and the pale bars are less distinct; the imder plumageis white and brown, with irregular blotches of a darkercolour, instead of neat round spots: the wings as inthe male. The young birds want the green speculumon the wings ; and in other respects are like the total length of the full grown male is about eighteeninches. GARGANY DUCK. 243 The Gargany Duck. Boschas circia, Siv. (Fig. 37.) Grey^ varied with black; with a white stripe beyond theeye: wings with a green speculum. Anas circia, Linn., Aitct., Selhy, plate 53. male and Querquedula, Temm Man. ii. 844. Querquedulacircia, Leach, Cat. Brit. Mus. Selbij, ii. 318. La Carcelledet^, PI. Enl. 946. Temm. Man. ii. 844. Gargany Teal,Summer Teal, of British The vernacular name of Teal seems a common de-signation for all ducks of a very small size ; and hasbeen extended not only to those comprised in the re-stricted genus Anas, but to many others^ such as theDendronessa galericulata, or mandarine duck_, withoutany regard to the true characters of the birds. In ourformer paper on this family, we endeavoured to showthat there were not sufficient marks of difference betweenthe domestic cluck and the ordinary teal, to authorisetheir separation, even as subgenera ; and we have not,therefore, adopted that of Querquedula, since the cha-racters that have been assigned to it appear to me byno means sufficient to warrant its separation. The gargany is the most beautiful, in the delicacyand variety of its colours, of all the species found inEurope ; and being not only a river duck, but one thatshows the greatest aptitude for domestication, it is pe-culiarly adapted to enliven and ornament our aquaticr2 24-4 AXIMALS IN MENAGE
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