PortugalAves Checklist S125612599

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Protocol:  Incidental

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  1. Number observed:  X

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    "On the 3rd January 1939, on a
    farm adjoining the Caniceira marsh near Abrantes, my
    friend W.A.Tait had occasion to closely observe a female
    Garganey, one of five taken the previous year as nestlings
    and brought up on the farm with the domestic ducks. The
    other Garganeys soon took flight but this particular bird
    stayed on until the Autumn when it also returned to the
    marsh and was not seen again. According to subsequent
    reports the Garganey continues to breed there. There are
    also breeding reports of a species of teal from the Telhado
    marsh, near Bemposta, in the same district."

    In Coverley, H. W. (s./ data). Bird notes:
    Portugal. Ciclostt. Direcção Geral das Florestas. 193
    pp.