ANSEUES— ANA 11 D K 225 



Breeds. — Germany (local and occasional), France (Camargue), 

 Lake of Constance (where it also winters), Balearic Islands, 

 E. Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, Macedonia, Dobrudscha, S. Russia 

 north to Ufa, Caucasus and in W. Asia ; also in Algeria. 

 Winters in Mediterranean Basin, chiefly east of Sardinia ; Egypt ; 

 and W. Asia to NAV. India. Of accidental occurrence in N. and 

 N.W. Europe, rare wanderer to British Isles. 



Nyroca. 



Hind toe lobed ; tail 14 feathers; bill behind tip as wide 

 as at base ; feather edge at base of bill forms a convex line. 



Nyroca ferina ferina (L.). Pochard. Fr. Milouin ; 

 Ger. Tafelente ; Ital. Moriglione ; Sioed. Brunand. 



$ Above grey and brown vermiculated ; head and neck 

 chestnut ; throat whitish ; forepart of body black ; secondaries 

 grey ; no metallic speculum ; abdomen grey freckled brown. 

 Bill longer than head, black with blue band. Legs and feet 

 dull grey. Iris yellow. 9 Browner above, head and neck 

 reddish brown, secondaries grey, beneath whitish freckled dusky 

 on throat and darker on abdomen. Bill duller than in ^. 

 Legs and feet light greenish grey. Iris brown. Wing ^ 

 210-225, ? 200-210. Tarsus 37-39. Bill 45-49. 



Breeds. — British Isles (rare in Ireland), S. Sweden, Lapland, 

 Finland, N. Russia between 55° and 60°, Baltic Provinces, Poland, 

 Germany, France, Hungary, Rumania, and also across Siberia. 

 Partly migratory ; occurs in winter throughout temperate Europe 

 to Mediterranean, Egypt, N.W. Africa and S. Asia. Rare visitor 

 to Iceland, Faroes, Azores, Madeira and Canaries. 



Nyroca nyroca nyroca (Giildenstiidt). White-eyed 

 Duck. Ger. Moorente ; Ital. Moretta tabaccata. 



^ Head, neck and breast chestnut ; above black with green 

 gloss ; speculum white with black tips ; primaries partially white 

 with brown tips, some with while on both webs ; beneath, chin 

 and lower breast white, abdomen brown, under tail coverts while. 

 Bill blue slate above, brown below. Legs and feet dull grey 

 Iris while. ^ Above duller, browner, less green gloss, less 

 chestnut on head. Bill duller. Legs and feet greenish grey. 



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