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NATATORES. 



ANATIDJE. 



ANATID^E. 



.,. 



THE POCHARD, 



OR DUN-BIRD. 



Fuligula ferina. 



Anasferina, Pochard Duck, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 271. 



The Pochard, MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 369. 



Nyroca FLEM. Brit. An. p. 121. 



Fuligula Red-headed SELBY, Brit. Ornith, vol. ii. p. 347. 



Common JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 241. 



Red-headed GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Anas Canard milouin, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 868. 



THE POCHARD, or Dun-bird, for this species is known by 

 various names, as Red-headed Poker, and Red-eyed Poker, 

 from the prevailing colour of the head, and the peculiar 

 colour of the eye, not observed in any other British Duck ; 

 and Dos gris, or Grey-back, in some parts of North Ame- 



