242 AVES NATATORES. [FULIGULA. 



the vent : secondary quills bluish gray : primaries, and tail, dark cine- 

 reous brown, approaching to dusky : upper and under tail-coverts black : 

 bill black, with a broad transverse band in the middle of deep bluish 

 gray: irides orange-yellow : legs bluish gray; membranes black. (Female.') 

 Crown, nape, sides of the neck, and upper part of the back, reddish 

 brown; throat, and fore part of the neck, white, mixed with reddish; 

 breast reddish brown, the feathers edged and mottled with reddish white ; 

 flanks with large brown spots ; middle of the belly grayish white : back 

 and wings much as in the male, but the undulating lines less distinct. 

 Young males of the year resemble the female. In those of one and 

 two years, the breast is dusky brown, and the head and neck not so 

 bright as in the adult. (Egg.) Greenish white : long. diam. two inches 

 three lines and a half; trans, diam. one inch seven lines and a half. 



Not uncommon on the British coasts during the winter season. Has 

 been known to breed in Norfolk, but the greater part retire northwards 

 in the Spring for that purpose. Eggs twelve to fourteen in number. 

 Food, small fish, marine plants, and insects. 



253. F. Nyroca, Steph. (Nyroca Pochard.) Head, 

 neck, breast, and flanks, ferruginous: irides, and a spot 

 on the chin, white: speculum white, edged with black 

 beneath : bill and legs bluish gray. 



F. Nyroca, Steph. in Shaws Gen. Zool. vol. xn. partii. p. 201. pi. 55. 

 Anas leucophthalmos, Temm. Man. d"0rn. torn. u. p. 876. Olive- 

 tufted Duck, Sow. Brit. Misc. pi. 21. Ferruginous Duck, Penn. 

 Brit. Zool. vol. u. p. 601. pi. 99.? Mont. Orn. Diet. Supp. with 

 Jig. Castaneous Duck, Mont. Orn. Diet. Supp. App. Bew. Brit. 

 Birds, vol. n. p. 315. Nyroca Pochard, Selb. Illust. vol. n. p. 352. 

 pi. 63. f. 2. (Trachea,) Mont. Orn. Diet. Supp. App. last pi. f. 1. 



DIMENS. Entire length (male) sixteen inches six lines, (female) 

 eighteen inches. MONT. 



DESCRIPT. (Male.) Head and neck dark ferruginous; on the lower 

 part of the neck a narrow collar of blackish brown ; back, scapulars, and 

 wing-coverts, dusky brown, somewhat glossed with green and purple re- 

 flections, the whole finely powdered with pale reddish brown : a whitish 

 spot on the chin ; lower part of the neck, breast, and flanks, bright fer- 

 ruginous ; belly and under tail-coverts pure white ; abdomen and vent 

 blackish gray, finely speckled with yellowish white: speculum white, 

 edged with black at the lower part : primaries dusky : tail, and upper 

 tail-coverts, dusky brown, with a slight dash of ferruginous : bill and legs 

 bluish gray ; the nail of the bill, and the membranes of the toes, black : 

 irides white. (Female.) Head, neck, breast, and flanks, brown, all the 

 feathers tipped with reddish ; the collar on the lower part of the neck 

 indistinct : upper parts dusky, the feathers tipped with pale brown : the 

 rest as in the male. (Young of the year.) " Crown of the head dusky 

 brown : all the feathers on the upper parts edged and tipped with reddish 

 brown : the white on the belly clouded with pale brown." TEMM. (Egg.) 

 "White, tinged with greenish." TEMM. 



A rare species in this country, but met with occasionally during the 

 winter months. Frequents rivers, extensive lakes, and other inland 

 waters. Said to breed in marshes and on the rushy banks of rivers, 

 laying from eight to ten eggs. Food, insects, aquatic vegetables, &c. 



