Nyroca. birds. TALMIPIDES. 121 



eyes, on the ear, a stripe on the sides of the neck, ring round the lower part 

 of the neck (which is edged with black), crescent on the breast, and a few of 

 the scapulars, white. Breast blue. Bell}' brown, reddish on the sides. The 

 stripe above the eye reddish. Tail brown. Female less, plumage, above, 

 brown ; beneath, including the breast, white ; cheeks, throat, and round the 

 lower part of the neck, white, with a rufous tinge. In this state it is the 

 Anas miniita, linn. Syst. i. 204. A pair, male and female, were sent from 

 Scotland to Mr Sowerby by Lord Seaforth ; and Mr Simmons gave him a 

 joung female, which he shot in one of the Orkney Islands. 



180. C. glacialis. Long-tailed Duck. — Bill black, crossed 

 with orange. Legs red. A black spot on the ear. Wing- 

 spot brown. Middle tail-feathers produced. 



A. caudacuta Islandica, Will. Orn. 290. — A. glac. (et hvemalis), Linn. 



Syst. i. 203. Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 599. Temm. Orn. ii. 860.— (Trachea 



Mont. Orn. Diet. Supp. iii, iv., and Linn. Trans, xii. tab. xxx. f. 3, 4.) 



— S. Coal-and-Candle-light ; N., CaUoo — A winter visitant. — Hare in 



England. 



Length 22, breadth 29 inches ; weight 24 ounces. I rides orange. Claws 



black. Crown and back of the neck black. Neck, scapulars, and belly white ; 



the sides of the neck, cheeks, and front, brown, with a tinge of gi-ey ; breast, 



wing-covers, and back, deep chesnut, inclining to black. Primaries dusky ; 



secondaries brown. Tail, with the four middle feathers black, the rest white : 



the two middle feathers produced 3 inches beyond the others. — In winter the 



crown is white. Female destitute of the long tail-feathers; the front and 



cheeks are bluish-white, breast variegated with grey and brown ; feathers on 



the back bordered with greyish-red. Breeds in the Arctic Regions. Young 



like the female — It resides in Zetland from October to April, in small flocks, 



feeding in shallow water near the shore. 



Gen. L XXXIV. NYROCA.— Bill broad and depressed. 



181. N. Icucophtlialmos. White Eye. — Bill and legs blue. 

 Irides white. Wing-spot white and black. 



Anas fera fusca minor. Will. Orn. 281 — Ferruginous Duck, Penn. Brit. 



Zool. ii. 501 — A. nyroca, Soiver. Brit. Misc. tab. xxi A. Africana, 



Bullock., Ijinn. Trans, ix. 178. — A. leuc. Temm. Orn. ii. 87G (Trachea, 



Mont. Orn. Diet. Supp. i. I).) — A winter visitant of England. 

 Length and breadth 17 inches; weight 33 ounces. Bill long, with a black 

 nail ; webs black. Head, neck, breast, and sides, ferruginous, with a collar 

 of a darker colour. A white spot on the chin. Back and wings black, with 

 purple gloss, and small red spots. Belly and under tail-covers white. Vent 

 brown. Quills dusky, the secondai-ies white, with black ends. Tail of 14 

 brown feathers. In the female the head is brown, and the back dusky. This 

 species frequents rivers and lakes. 



182. N.Jerina. Pochard. — Bill black, with a blue band in 

 the middle ; legs blue. Irides orange. No wing-spot. 



Anas fera fusca. Will. Orn. 288. — A. ferina, Linn. Syst. i. 203 — Penn. 

 Brit. Zool. ii. 600. Temm. Orn. ii. 868 — (Trachea, Linn. Trans, iv- 

 tab. xiv. f. 5, 6.) E, Poker, Red-headed Wigeon, Blue Poker, Dun- 

 cur ; W, Hwyad bengoch. — A Avinter visitant of the sea-coast. 

 Length 19, breadth 30 inches ; weight 28 ounces. Head and neck glossy 

 chesnut ; upper part of the back, round to the breast, rump, and under tail- 

 covers, black ; scapulars, wing-covers, and belly, greyish-white and variegated. 



