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whitish patch at the base of the bill is still present, 

 and the breast is still brownish, and not black." 

 (B. B., Vol IV, p. 429, 4th ed.) 



F. Ferina. Pochard. 



The Pochard is a winter visitant to our estuaries 

 and lakes, but varies greatly in numbers in different 

 seasons. It is for the most part a night feeder. 

 Small parties, composed of five or six birds, may- 

 be observed during the forenoon on quiet waters, 

 with their ruddy heads under their wrings. The 

 Pochard has never bred with us, though on one 

 occasion several Pochards were observed by Mr, 

 Watson on a small tarn, near Brampton, in the 

 middle of May. Mr. Watson suspected that they 

 might intend to breed in the locality, but there is 

 no corroborative evidence. 



Genus NY ROC A 



N. Ferruginea. White-eyed Duck. 



The White-eyed or Ferruginous Duck is an 

 accidental visitant from south-east Euro2De. A 

 female was purchased with two Goldeneyes, shot 

 in the vicinity, in Carlisle market about 1850 

 ( ir. Proud in lit.); two others, ''killed on Braj- 

 stones Tarn," and subsequently cooked, have been 

 recorded on the authority of Canon Hoskins (Zool. 

 1879, p. 118, C. Parker, MS.) 



