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forming an erectile crest ; back yellowish brown ; lower neck, breast, and 

 belly black ; bill and legs vermilion ; iris red. 



Female. Crown dark brown without crest ; cheeks, neck, and sides of 

 throat light grey ; bill and legs reddish brown. Length 21 inches. 



u 222. POCHARD, or " DUX-BIBD." Fuligula ferina (Linnaeus). Chiefly I ^) 

 \ ^autumn to spring, but breeds in a few localities. / 



Wing-spot grey; bill black, longer than head, broad band of blue 

 across the middle. 



Male. Head and neck chestnut-red ; breast and upper back black ; 

 back and scapulars white, finely vermiculated with black ; iris red. 



Female. Markings as in male, but with dull brown head and neck : 

 dark brown breast and upper back. Length 17-19 inches. 



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223. WHITE-EYED POCHAED. Fuligula nyroca (Giildenstadt). Casual C. & S. Europe, 

 visitor in cold winters. N - Africa, Asia, 



S. m winter. 

 Wing-spot white ; tail short, of fourteen feathers, much graduated ; 



bill lead-coloured, longer than head. 



Male. Head, neck, and general colour above chestnut-brown ; under- 

 parts greyish white ; iris white. 



Female. Marked as male, but duller ; iris dull white. Length 15-17 

 inches. 



224. TUFTED DUCK. Fuligula cristata (Leach). Chiefly from autumn 

 to spring, but breeds in a good many localities. 



Wing-spot white. 



Male. Head and neck glossy purplish black, with an occipital crest or 

 tuft ; breast, belly, sides, flanks, and speculum white ; the rest of plumage 

 black ; iris yellow. 



Female. Crest smaller ; brown where black in the male ; underparts 

 brownish white. Length 17 inches. 



225. SCAUP. Fuligula marila (Linnaeus). Autumn to spring. Northern. 

 Wing-spot ivliite ; bill very broad, about as long as head. 



Male. Head, neck, upper breast, rump, and under tail-coverts black, 

 with green gloss ; back and scapulars white, broadly vermiculated with 

 black ; belly white ; iris straw-yellow. 



Female and young male. White band round base of bill, broadest in 

 female ; head and neck dark brown, as are all the parts which are black 

 in the male. Length 18 inches. 



226. G-OLDEKEYE. Clangula glaucion (Linnaeus). Autumn to spring. Sub-arctic or 



Bill much shorter than head ; tail of sixteen feathers, as in next. 



Male. Head and neck 

 lengthened; small white spot at base 

 spot white. 



Female and young male. Head and neck ash-brown ; no white spot on 

 head ; wing-spot white, divided by a black line. Length 16-19 inches. 



ead ; tail of sixteen feathers, as in next. 

 glossy green ; feathers on crown slightly ^/ 

 ot at* base of bill; scapulars white; wing- 



