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the " Summer Teal." The nest is reported to have 

 been found in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, 

 Lincolnshire, and Huntingdonshire. It is of rare 

 occurrence in Scotland, and but very few examples 

 have been met vrith in Ireland. A pair appeared 

 on Lough Broad, Co. Wicklow, April 26, 1870 

 (Zool., 1870, p. 2284). The male was shot, and 

 is preserved in the collection of Sir Victor Brooke. 

 It is doubtful whether the female ever has the 

 speculum of the wing of a decided green colour, 

 as in the male. 



Weight, 14 oz. to 16 oz. 



POCHAKD. Fuligula ferina (Linnseus). PI. 29, figs. 5, 

 6. Length, 18 in. ; bill, 2-25 in. ; wing, 8'5in. ; tarsus, 

 1-4 in. 



A winter visitant, a few annually remaining to 

 breed. The nest is recorded to have been found 

 in Yorkshire, Norfolk (frequently), and on the bor- 

 ders of Herts and Bucks. In May 1876 a Pochard's 

 nest was found on Lord Walsingham's estate at 

 Stanford Mere in West Norfolk, and a few days later 

 Prof. Newton showed me some of the eggs. (See 

 Stevenson, Trans. Norf. Nat. Soc, 1876, p. 210.) 

 In Scotland the nest has been found in Fifeshire 

 (Evans, An7i. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1896, p. 191), and 

 also in Orkney (Buckley, "Fauna of Orkney," p. 174). 

 In Ireland, according to Mr. Ussher, the Pochard has 

 been found breeding in several counties. 



Hybrids between Pochard and Tufted Duck have 

 been met with ; a bird of this description is in the 



