117. THE WESTERN WHITE- 

 EYED POCHARD. 



Nyroca nyroca, (Guldenstadt).* 



Outer primaries with the outer web 

 much darker than the inner ; inner 

 primaries with both webs white, hke 

 the speculum ; all tipped dusky. 



Axillaries white, mottled with brown 

 at tip. 



Bill dark, with no trace of red ; of 

 about equal width throughout. 



Under tail-coverts pure white. 



Head and neck chestnut or reddish 

 brown. 



MALE : — Head and neck rich chestnut 

 with a dark collar on the lower neck. 



FEMALE: Head and neckreddish brown 

 with no trace of a collar on the lower 

 neck. 



Vernacular Names: — Karchtya,Boo7'ar- 

 mada, Hind. ; Burmi, Sind. ; Malac, 

 Nepal Terai ; Lal-bigri, Bhooii-hans, 

 Bengal. 



* Nyroca africana of the British Museum 

 Catalogue. 



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