POCHARD. 



ANSERES. 



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ANATID.E. 



FuLiGULA FERiNA (LiiHiaeus*). 

 THE POCHAED, 



OR DUN-BIRD. 



Fuligula ferina. 



The Pochard, or Dun-bird (for this species is known by 

 various names, as Ked-beaded Poker, and Pied-eyed Poker, 

 from tbe prevailing colour of tbe head, and the peculiar 

 colour of tbe eye not observed in any other British Duck), 

 is, in the main, a winter visitor to this country, appearing 

 about the beginning of October, and leaving us again in the 

 spring. A tolerable number, however, remain to breed in 

 suitable localities; and, owing to efficient protection, they 

 appear to be on the increase. Messrs. Sbcppard and 

 Whitear, in their ' Catalogue of Norfolk Birds,' published in 



* Aiiaffrriiiii. LiniKinis, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. i. p. 203 (1766). 



