118 ANATIDAR 
DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 
PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial.—Top of head and crest, 
light chestnut ; rest of head and upper neck, dark chestnut ; 
lower neck, breast, and abdomen, very dark brown ; flanks, 
white with a pinkish hue; back and scapulars, yellowish- 
brown, with two white shoulder-bands ; secondaries, banded 
with white ; coverts of wing-fold, bordered white; primaries, 
ereyish-white, tipped with brown; tail,’ ash-brown ; upper 
tail-coverts, dark brown. 
Adult male, post-nuptial or eclipse —Resembles the adult 
female plumage, but distinguished by the presence of the 
crest. 
Adult female nuptial.—Crest absent ; top of head, darker 
brown than in the male; cheeks and throat, impure white ; 
back and breast shading from pale red to greyish-brown ; 
shoulder-band, dull white. 
Adult winter, male and female.—Resembles the respective 
nuptial plumages. 
Immature, male and female.—Resembles the female, in 
plumage. 
Brak. Brillant red; tip, yellow. 
Fret.’ Vermilion red; webs, nearly black. 
IrRIDES. Red. 
Kees. Bluish-green: clutch, about ten. 
AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 
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POCHARD. fuliguia ferina (Linnzus). 
Coloured Figures. —Gould, ‘ Birds of Great Britain,’ vol. v, 
pl. 20; Dresser, ‘Birds of Europe,’ vol. vi, pl. 434; 
Lilford, ‘Coloured Figures,’ vol. vii, pl. 44; Booth, 
‘Rough Notes,’ vol. ili, pl. 12. 
The Pochard is best known as a winter-migrant, yet it 
breeds sparingly in the British Isles. Considerable num- 
1 Tail consists of sixteen feathers, only fourteen in the Common 
Pochard. 
* The hind toe is broadly lobed as in other Diving Ducks. 
