

FULIGULA. POCHARD. 



Generic Character. 



Beak as long as the head, its 

 base unarmed, broad, de- 

 pressed, a little dilated near 

 the tip. 



Nostrils suboval, basal. 



Tail moderate, its feathers 

 generally acute. 



Feet furnished with large 

 membranes. 



Rostrum capite longius, basi 

 inerme, latuni, depressum, 

 ad apicem paulo dilatatum. 



Nares subo vales, basales. 

 Cauda mediocris, rectricibus 



plerumque acutis. 

 Pedes membranis magnis in- 



structi. 



FULIGULA. Ray, Leach. 

 NYROCA. Fleming. 

 PENELOPE. BriJs. 

 GLAUCIUM. Briss. 

 QUERQUEDULA. Briss. 



I HE Pochards have a broad and depressed beak, 

 which is destitute of any appendage at its base : it is 

 much larger than in the Garrets or Harelds, and is 

 rather dilated, or spathiform, towards the tip : the 

 tail is usually short, and in most cases the feathers of 

 which it is composed have their tips acute. There 

 are several species belonging to this genus ; and their 

 t radical organization, as far as ascertained, seems to 

 correspond. 



