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of the year, namely, in October on its way south ; and in 

 April on its return ; but has been killed in France in the 

 month of July. It is taken in Provence and Italy, and is 

 recorded to have been found as far south as Egypt. 



North of England, it is found at the Orkney and Shetland 

 Isles, in Denmark and Sweden ; but neither Mr. Hewitson 

 nor Mr. Dann mention having seen this Duck either in Nor- 

 way or Lapland. It goes, perhaps in its migration, more to 

 the eastward, as it is said to be abundant in Russia and the 

 North of Germany. 



The Pochard, or Dun-bird, is a common Duck in America, 

 dispersed and breeding over the fur countries in summer, 

 some of them in winter going as far south as Carolina and 

 Louisiana. 



The adult male has the bill black at the point and the 

 base ; the intermediate portion pale blue, forming a broad 

 transverse band ; the irides red ; the head and upper part of 

 the neck all round rich chestnut-red ; the neck below deep 

 black ; back, scapulars, tertials, and wing-coverts, freckled 

 over with minute grey specks and lines, on a ground of 

 white ; primaries and secondaries nearly uniform grey ; the 

 primaries ending in dark brown ; the secondaries narrowly 

 tipped with white ; rump and upper tail-coverts nearly black; 

 tail-feathers uniform greyish-brown ; breast, sides, and belly 

 to the vent, greyish-white ; produced by minute grey marks, 

 On a white ground ; under tail-coverts black ; legs and toes 

 bluish-grey, the intervening membranes bluish-black. 



The whole length nineteen inches and a half. From the 

 point of the wing to the end of the first quill-feather, which 

 is the longest, eight inches and a quartei'. 



The adult female has the bill black ; the irides brown ; 

 head, and all the back of the neck, dusky greyish-brown ; 

 back and wings darker grey than that of the males ; quill- 

 feathers like those of the males ; no bright-coloured speculum 



