156 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



about ten or twelve, a little hioh. They also call a 

 creek a lal'c, and the smaller creeks or drains latches. 

 The former is a general term among people on the 

 coast, but the latter in the neighbourhood of Lym- 

 ington is called a si:)reader. 



RED-CEESTED POCIIAED. Fulhjala ru/hia, (Pallas). 



Yarrell, iv. p. 407; Tlarting, p. 159; Dresser, vi. p. 559; See- 

 holnn, iii. p. 567 ; Ibis List, p. 128. 



This very rare Duck was first entered on the list 

 of British birds in 18 18, since which date not more 

 than five-and-twenty instances have been recorded of 

 its occurrence in the British Islands, One preserved 

 in the collection of Viscount Portman, was shot on the 

 Stour at Bryanston in the early part of this century. 



POCHAED. Fuligula ferina, (L ) 



Yarrell, iv. p. 413 ; Harting, p. 63 ; Dresser, vi. p. 551 ; Seehohm, 

 iii. p. 575 3 Ihis List, p. 130; Anas ferina, Pulteney^s List, 

 p. 20. 



The Pochard or "Dunbird," though best known 

 as a winter visitant, sometimes remains to breed in 

 Dorsetshire, and of late years several instances have 

 occurred of its nesting here. A few broods are 

 annually hatched in the neighbourhood of the Poole 

 estuary. During the summer of 1876 at least three 

 broods of the Pochard were reared near Swanage. 

 In June of that year Professor Newton saw two 

 female Pochards there, accompanied by their young, 



