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Title: A history of British birds. By the Rev. F.O. Morris ..
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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dark dusky brown; on the sides yellowish white, spotted withdusky brown; neck on the front and sides, freckled with half-moon shaped marks of two shades of brown; on the back paledull yellowish, streaked with deep brown. Chin, pale brown;throat, yellowish white, spotted with brown; breast on theupper part, glossy yellowish white; on the lower part andsides, dull white, with dark brown spots. Back on the upperpart, dark brown, with two narrow bars of yellowish buff brownand whitish on each feather. The speculum has less green andmore of the purple tinge, and at the same time more black;under tail coverts, dull white, spotted with dark brown. Legsand toes with a tinge of yellow. 28 TEAL. The young of the year, after the two first months are likethe female, but somewhat darker m plumage; the males donot assume their distinctive di^ess till about the middle ofDecember. When first hatched they are covered with dark-coloureddown. The plate is taken from a design by the Rev. E. P. Alino-ton.
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20 WTGEON. COMMON WIGEON. WIIEW DUCK. ^n<is Penelope. PennaNT. MontAGU. 3Iaieca Ftnelape, STEPHENS. JSeluY. Anas —A Duck. Penelope—The name of the wife of Ulysses. Why applied to this bird, I cannot tell. This handsome Duck is widely distributed in Europe andAsia—it ranges from Iceland to Norway, Sweden, Lapland,Finland, Holland, where some breed, as also to France, Prussia,Germany, and Poland. It occurs likewise in Africa, findingits way to Egypt. In Asia, it has been perceived in AsiaMinor, and in India in Japan. It frequents both the sea-coast and the grassy borders ofrivers, swamps, lochs, lakes, fens, and ponds. It is a veryabundant species, and great numbers are taken in decoys. In Yorkshire the Wigeon is met with more or less commonlyabout Doncaster, York, Leeds, Sheffield, Hebden Bridge,Barnsley, and other parts of the county. In Northampton-shire it occurs, as elsewhere; in Norfolk it is abundant. InCornwall it is not uncommon in the neighbourhood of Falmouth—at Sw

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