6oo V O C H A R D. Class II. 



j8a.Pochard. La Cane a telle roufle. Belon Anas ferina. Lin.fyft. 203. 



tfV< 1--. Faun. Suec. /p. IZJ? 



Anas fera fufca, vel media Penelope, le Millouin. Brijfon 



(cin wiltc grauwe entc, au. VJ. 384. tab. ZS-fg- »• 



Roient.) G0CT a<v. 116. D^/j Brun-Nakke. Nor<ve- 



. ,-;,. 111. 93. £*J Rod-Nakke. Brunnicb, 



Poker, Pochard, or red head- 80. 



ed Wigeon. WiU orn. 367. Br. Zool. 156. 

 Raii fyn. a<v. 1 43. 



Descrip. TTS weight is about one pound twelve ounces : 

 A its length nineteen inches ; its breadth two feet 

 and a half. The bill is of a deep lead color: the 

 head and neck are of a bright bay color : the bread 

 and part of the back where it joins the neck, are 

 black : the coverts of the wings, the fcapulars, back 

 and fides under the wings are of a pale grey, 

 elegantly marked with narrow lines of black : the 

 quil feathers duiky : the belly afh colored and 

 brown : the tail confifts of twelve fhort feathers, of 

 a deep grey color : the legs lead colored : the 

 irides of a bright yellow, tinged with red. 



Female. The head of the female is of a pale reddifh 



brown : the bread is rather of a deeper color : 

 the coverts of the wings a plain afh color : the 

 back marked like that of the male : the belly afh 

 colored. Thele birds frequent frefh water as well as 

 the iea-, and being very delicate eating, are much 

 fought for in the . London markets, where they are 

 known by the name of Dm birds. 



Anas 



