l44 FERRUGINOUS DUCK. 



and by Mr. Jerdon it is said to be " tolerably com- 

 mon throughout the peninsula in the cold weather. 

 Temminck gives Japan to it. It is not an Ameri- 

 can species. Mr. Yarrell states that the tufted 

 ducks bred in the gardens of the Zoological Society 

 in 1839, 40, and 41. 



The head, adorned with a long and graceful crest, 

 is rich blackish green with a strong purple gloss ; 

 the neck, upper back, and breast are deep black, in 

 the centre of the latter having the feathers tipped 

 with grey; the back, scapulars, and tertials, are 

 also black, very minutely spotted with yellowish 

 white, giving a subdued tint to those parts ; the 

 rump, tail, under tail-covers, and thighs, are black, 

 quills of same colour greyish in the centre of the 

 feather ; the greater covers pure white, with a 

 broad black tip ; belly vent and flanks white ; bill 

 bluish grey, tip black. In an immature state, these 

 birds have the base of the bill surrounded with 

 white ; the head dark umber-brown, with a slight 

 tuft or crest; the dark parts of the breast deep 

 wood-brown ; belly and vent white ; the dark up- 

 per parts umber-brown. 



THE FERRUGINOUS DUCK, OR WHITE-EYED PO- 

 CHARD, FULIGULA FERRUGINEA. Anas ferrug'mea 

 et nyroca, Gmel. A . leucopthalmus, Canard a iris 

 blanC) Temm. Fuligula nyroca, Steph.^ Selby, &c. 

 Ferruginous Duck^ Nyroca Pochard of British au- 

 thors. This pochard is, like the two preceding birds. 



