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passage," and in a later paper he quotes Bertlielot's note 

 (J. f. O. 1857, p. 348). 



Cabrera includes it (Catalogo, p. 69) uuder the name 

 FuUgula africana Gmel., giving its local S[)anish name, 

 i. e. " pato berberisco/^ and remarking that it is an 

 accidental visitor in winter. He had no specimens in his 

 collection, and it is difficult to gather whether he observed 

 this cluck himself or whether he is merely quoting Berthelot, 

 Belle, and Serra, which three authors he mentions by 

 name. 



Polatzek includes it in his list as an occasional migrant 

 in winter, but does not appear to have observed the bird 

 personally (Orn. Jahrb. 1909, p. 132). 



Range. The White-eyed Pochard breeds in central and 

 southern Europe, in western Asia, and in north Africa. 

 It winters in north Africa and eastwards to India. 



Nyroca ferina ferina. Common Pochard. 



Anasferina Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 126 — Type 

 locality : Sweden. 



The Common Pochard is a Rare Visitor in winter. 



It has only once been recorded, and that by Meade- Waldo, 

 who wrote (Ibis, 1893, p. 199) : " A small flock of Pochards 

 frequented the tanks by the Botanical Gardens " [La Paz, 

 Orotava, Tenerife]. One of these birds, a female, was 

 secured on the 18th of February, 1889, and is now in the 

 British Museum, where I have examined the skin. 



The same birds are also recorded by Meade- Waldo in an 

 earlier paper (Ibis, 1889, p. 515), where he mentions the 

 three birds enumerated above, remarking that an example 

 was shot by a Mr. Nash, the chaplain, and came into his 

 possession. This would be the bird which is now in tlie 

 National Collection. 



Range. The Common Pochard breeds throughout Europe 

 and Asia, and winters in the Mediterranean countries and 

 in north Africa from Morocco to Egypt, extending in the 

 east to Japan. 



