TUFTED POCHARD. 1})1 



reflections ; these parts are slightly sprinkled with 

 brown dots : the belly, sides, and a transverse band 

 on the wing, are pure white : the vent is blackish- 

 brown : the tarsi and toes are bluish j the membranes 

 black. The old female is less, but has a crest, the 

 feathers of which are shorter : the crest, head, neck, 

 breast, and top of the back are dull black, shaded with 

 deep brown : the back and wings are dull blackish- 

 brown, spotted with small brown dots : on the breast 

 and on the sides are some large spots of reddish- 

 brown : the belly is whitish, shaded with reddish- 

 brown : the speculum is smaller than in the male : 

 the beak and legs are of a deeper colour : the irides 

 are bright yellow. The young have no crest : on the 

 sides of the beak is a large whitish spot : on the fore- 

 head, and oftentimes behind the eyes, they are white : 

 the head, neck, and breast are dull brown, the last 

 varied with reddish-brown : the feathers of the back 

 and the wings are blackish-brown, edged with brighter 

 brown : the sides are reddish-brown : on the wing is 

 a small whitish band : the abdomen is varied with ash 

 and brown : the irides are dull yellow. The young 

 males have the white on the belly more pure than 

 the young females. 



" The trachea of the male of this bird greatly 

 resembles, in the drum-like portion of it, that of the 

 Red-headed Pochard ; but the bony, box-like portion 

 is elevated, and scarcely to be distinguished from that 

 of the Scaup, except in being smaller. The trachea 

 also itself is of smaller dimensions throughout." 

 Latham. 



Found in the arctic regions of both continents ; 



