116. THE POCHARD. 



Nyroca ferina, (Linn.*:us). 



Outer primaries witli the outer web 

 much darker than the inner; mner 

 primaries with both webs of the 

 same ashy grey as the speculum ; all 

 tipped dusky. 



Axillaries white. 



Bill dark, with no trace of red; of 

 about equal width throughout. 



Abdomen and breast of different colour. 



Back and scapulars distinctly vermicu- 

 lated. 



Under tail-coverts never pure white. 



MALE -.—Head and. neck rich chestnut ; 



mantle black. 

 FEMALE :— Head, neck, and mantle, dull 



reddish brown. 

 Vernacular Names -.—Boorar nur, Lal- 

 sir, Hind. ; Rutubah, Sind. ; Cheoon, 

 Nepal ; Lall muriya, Bang. ; Thording- 

 nam, Manipur. 

 The Pochard occurs as a winter visitor 

 in all parts of the Indian peninsula, from 

 the Punjab and Sind to Bengal, and from 

 309 



