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doing which could be distinctly heard at a couple of miles' 

 distance. 



Head, neck, fore part of the chest, and sides of the body 

 rich ferruginous brown ; a ring round the neck, back, wings, 

 and tail dark brown ; secondaries and inner primaries shading 

 into white on their inner webs ; chest white, shading into 

 brown on the abdomen; under tail-coverts white ; beak slaty 

 grey with a black tip ; legs olive-black ; irides white. 



Entire length 10 inches; culnien 1*8; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 7 "5 ; tarsus Tl. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 3fi8. 



310. FoLiGULA FERiNA (Liuu.). Pochcird. 



The Pochard ranges throughout Egypt and Nubia, but is 

 most plentiful in the Delta. It prefers open water to the 

 more reedy districts, and on the approach of danger will 

 rather swim out of its way than take to the wing. 



Head and neck rufous browti ; upper part of the back and 

 front of the chest black; centre of the back and scapulars pale 

 grey, finely pencilled with dusky ; remainder of the back and 

 tail almost black ; primaries brown, secondaries narrowly 

 tipped with white ; wing-coverts l)rownish grey ; underparts 

 of the body dirty white, ending in black tovpards the tail ; 

 legs dark slate-colour ; beak grey, tipped with black ; irides 

 brown. 



Entire length 19 inches ; culmcn 2 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 8 ; tarsus 1*4. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 3C7. 



