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Definition of Garganeys
1. garganey [n] - See also: garganey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garganeys
Literary usage of Garganeys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"Gen. Zool. xii. part 2, p. 142 (1824). Type, Q. querquedula (L.). The garganeys,
or Blue-winged Teal, differ from the true Teal ..."
2. The Large and Small Game of Bengal and the North-western Provinces of India by John Henry Baldwin (1877)
"I think that this bird appears to be found pretty generally over our Northern
Provinces; but nowhere have I seen such large flocks of garganeys as in Oude. ..."
3. Some more scraps about birds by Charles Murray Adamson (1881)
"In a letter from Burmah, dated 20th December, 1880, my son describes a day's Duck
shooting the week previous, when they got Teal, garganeys, Whistling Teal, ..."
4. Sundry Natural History Scraps, More Especially about Birds by Charles Murray Adamson (1879)
"I think I am entitled to say something about Northumberland garganeys, referred
to by Mr Harting. In The Field of April. 1, 1865, under the head of ..."
5. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1902)
"We camped at a swamp swarming with Ducks, chiefly garganeys and Shovellers.
The water was only about six inches deep, and was filthy with green slime and ..."
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