138 SCAUP POCHARD. 



small; wings concave, acute; tail short, rounded, 

 rather stiff; legs posterior, short ; feet ample, 

 hallux with a large lobe. 



Types, F. Gemeri^ ferina, &c. Cosmopo- 

 lite. 



Note. Form broad and compressed ; habits ma- 

 ritime or partially fluviatile ; seek their prey 

 by diving. 



JFuligula or the Pochards is one of the groups of 

 diving ducks that frequently seek the fresh waters, 

 and though often found on the coasts, we believe 

 their true localities to be extensive inland lakes, 

 seeking the shores and rivers, when the others 

 are bound up in frost. One of our most common 

 species is 



THE SCAUP POCHARD. 



Fuligula Oesneri, WILLUGHBY. 

 PLATE V. 



Anas marila, Lirm. Fuligula marila, Steph. F. Gesneri, 

 WillugJiby, Ray. Canard Malouinan, Temm. Scaup Duck, 

 or Scaup Pochard of British authors. (White-faced Duck, 

 the yoimg). 



THIS very handsome species will give some idea of 

 the general form of the pochards, but it is rather 

 an exception in the colouring. In form these 



