Of the duck family the following species are abundant here: the teal, the mallard, widgeon, pintail, canvasback, spoonbill, sawbill and woodduck.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
Lo, the black swan, paddling slowly, pintail ducks, and sheldrakes holy, Nile-goose flaked, and herons gray, Silver-voiced at fall of day!
"Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse"
Richard Doddridge Blackmore
In winter as a rule it became full of water and was a favourite haunt, especially at night, of flocks of teal, also duck of a few other kinds-widgeon, pintail, and shoveller.
"Far Away and Long Ago"
W. H. Hudson