Nyroca. BIRDS. PALMIPIDES. 1^1 



eyes, on the ear, a stripe on the sides of the neck, ring round the lower part 

 of the neck (which is edged with black), crescent on the breast, and a few of 

 the scapulars, white. Breast blue. Belly brown, reddish on the sides. The 

 stripe above the eye reddish. Tail brown. Female less, plumage, above, 

 brown ; beneath, including the breast, white ; cheeks, throat, and round the 

 lower part of the neck, white, with a rufous tinge. In this state it is the 

 Anas minuta, Linn. Syst. i. 204. A pair, male and female, were sent from 

 Scotland to Mr Sowerby by Lord Seaforth ; and Mr Simmons gave him a 

 young female, which he shot in one of the Orkney Islands. 



180. C. glacialls. Long-tailed Duck. — Bill black, crossed 

 with orange. Legs red. A black spot on the ear. Wing- 

 spot brown. Middle tail-feathers produced. 



A. caudacuta Islandica, Will. Orn. 290. — A. glac. (et hvemalis), Linn. 

 Syst. i. 203. Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 590. Tcmm. Orn. ii. 860.— (Trachea 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. Supp. iii, iv., and Linn. Trans, xii. tab. xxx. f. 3, 4.) 

 — S, Coal-and-Candle-light ; N, Calloo — A winter visitant. — Rare in 

 England. 



Length 22, breadth 29 inches ; weight 24 ounces. Irides orange. Claws 

 black. Crown and back of the neck black. Neck, scapulars, and belly white ; 

 the sides of the neck, cheeks, and front, brown, with a tinge of grey ; breast, 

 wing-covers, and back, deep chesnut, inclining to black. Primaries dusky ; 

 secondaries brown. Tail, with the four middle feathers black, the rest white: 

 the two middle feathers produced 3 inches beyond the others. — In winter the 

 crown is white. Female destitute of the long tail-feathers; the front and 

 cheeks are bluish-white, breast variegated with grey and brown ; feathers on 

 the back bordered with greyish-red. Breeds in the Arctic Regions. Young 

 like the female. — It resides in Zetland from October to April, in small flocks, 

 feeding in shallow water near the shore. 



Gen. LXXXIV. NYKOCA.— Bill broad and depressed. 



181. N. leucophthalmos. White Eye. — Bill and legs blue. 

 .Irides white. Wing-spot white and black. 



Anas fera fusca minor, Will Orn. 281 — Ferruginous Duck, Penn. Brit. 



Zool. ii. 501 — A. nyroca, Sower. Brit. Misc. tab. xxi A. Africana, 



Bullock, linn. Trans, ix. 178. — A. leuc. Temm. Orn. ii. 876 (Trachea, 



Mont. Orn. Diet. Supp. i. 1J.) — A winter visitant of England. 

 Length and breadth 17 inches ; weight 33 ounces. Bill long, with a black 

 nail ; webs black. Head, neck, breast, and sides, ferruginous, with a collar 

 of a darker colour. A white spot on the chin. Back and wings black, with 

 purple gloss, and small red spots. Belly and under tail-covers white. Vent 

 brown. Quills dusky, the secondaries white, with black ends. Tail of 14 

 brown feathers. In "the female the head is brown, and the back dusky. This 

 species frequents rivers and lakes. 



182. N.jer'ma. Pochard. — Bill black, with a blue band in 

 the middle ; legs blue. Irides orange. No wing-spot. 



Anas fera fusca, Will. Orn. 288 — A. ferina, Linn. Svst. i. 203 Penn. 



Brit. Zool. ii. 000. Tcmm. Orn. ii. 8C8 — (Trachea^ Linn. Trans, iv. 

 tab. xiv. f. 5, 6.) — E, Poker, Red-headed Wigeon, Blue Poker, Dun- 

 cur; W, Hwyad bengoch. — A winter visitant of the sea-coast. 

 Length 19, breadth 30 inches; weight 28 ounces. Head and neck glossy 

 chesnut ; upper part of the back, round to the breast, rump, and under tail- 

 covers, black ; scapulars, wing.covers, and belly, greyish-white and variegated. 



