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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
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kkun in India,Persia, Arabia, China, and in the neighbourhood of the Caucasus:also in Africa, in Tunis. In Yorkshire the Garp^aney has more or less frequentlyoccurred near Doncaster, York, Barnsley, Halifax, and otherplaces. Mr. Dunn, of Hull, obtained two in the year 1840.Several specimens have been shot in the vicinity of Svvinhope,Lincolnshire, as the Rev. R. P. Alington has informed me. InCornwall two were procured near Falmouth, one of them atSwanpool, in March, 1846. In Oxfordshire they occur some-times, though rarely, in the neighbourhood of Weston-on-the-Green, and other parts. In August, 1830, three birds of thisspecies, all young, alighted on some water near Otmoor, andwere shot by a farmer. In Norfolk the Garganey is notuncommon in the neighbourhood of Yarmouth, and occasionallybreeds about there; it also is known in different places inthe county. It has occurred in Surrey, at Godalming. Like-wise in Cambridgeshire. In Cornwall, Kent, Devon, and Essex,it is said to be rare.
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GAEGANET. 21 In Scotland six specimens were obtained in Stirlingshire,during the last fortnight of March, 1841. In Orkney a few appear in the spring. In Ireland it is extremely rare, and the same observationis apphcable to Wales. The Grarganey resorts to low watery lands, and onlyoccasionally to the neighbourhood and estuaries of the sea-coast. It is a migratory or moveable species, in the spring andautumn months, and is seen with us on these occasions, mostso, it is said, in the former, for a brief space during eachchanging scene. Those that occur are probably strayindividuals, which have been driven out of their ordinarycourse. The vernal migration is made in March and Apri),and the autumnal in October and November. They travelby night, and in small parties. The Garganey is considered a remarkably delicate bird forthe table. It is not very shy in its habits, and soon becomestame in confinement. Meyer says During the days the presentspecies conceals itself on the water, among flags a

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