96 POCHARD. 



POCHARD. 



RED-HEADED POCHARD. COMMON POCHARD. 

 POCHARD DUCK. DUN BIRD. 



PLATE CXCVI. FIGURE II. 



Anas ferina, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Fuligula ferina, SELHY. JENYNS. 



Nyroca ferina, FLEMING. 



MEYER says, 'about the end of April the Red- 

 headed Pochards pair; there are no quarrels 

 between the male birds, for the female is said to choose 

 her own mate, and the pair remain inseparable, and 

 do not quit the spot until the young brood are hatched 

 and ready to follow them towards the larger lakes, 

 etc., where they consider them out of danger.' 



The nest of the Pochard is made among rushes 

 or other coarse herbage, and is lined with feathers. 

 Many nests are placed near each other, in suitable 

 localities, such as osier beds or grassy places. 



The eggs are from eight or ten to twelve or 

 thirteen in number, and of a buff white colour. 



The Pochard bred, in the year 1855, in the Gardens 

 of the Zoological Society, as Frederick Bond, Esq. 

 has written me word. 



