S2 BRITISH BIRDS 



and are ten or twelve in number. It will breed in 

 captivity and become quite tame and confident, if well 

 treated. The bill is black at the base and tip, but lead 

 colour in the middle; the head and the upper part of 

 the neck are rusty brown; the lower part of the neck 



Pochards. 



and upper portion of the breast, black, which also is the 

 colour of the rump, tail and under tail coverts; the wings, 

 back and sides are canvas marked and the remaining 

 under parts, white. Its food consists partly of vegetable 

 and partly of animal matters. 



