192 ICELAND POCHARD. 



preferring the sea-coasts during the spring, and the 

 lakes and seas of the interior during the autumn : 

 on the approach of the latter season these birds pre- 

 pare to visit the more temperate regions, and arrive 

 in England and other southern parts, where they 

 remain till the spring ; continuing with us as late as 

 the latter end of March. They are difficult to shoot, 

 owing to their excessive diving. They breed in the 

 polar regions, though some are supposed to propagate 

 in more genial climes. Their nourishment is similar 

 to that of the rest of the genus ; but their flesh, it is 

 affirmed, is much better tasted, and generally very 

 tender. 



ICELAND POCHARD. 



(Fuligula Islandica.) 



Fu. cristata nigra, jugulo pectore abdomineque albis, pedihu* 



croceis. 

 Crested-black Pochard with the jugulum, breast, and abdomen 



white, the legs saffron -coloured. 

 Anas Islandica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 541. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



871. 

 Iceland Drake. Perm. Arct. Zool. 2. 574. H. Lath. Gen. Syn. 



6. 545. 



PREVAILING colour black : the head crested : the 

 fore part of the neck, breast, and belly white : the 

 legs saffron colour. Inhabits Iceland, where it is 

 called Hrqfn-ond. 



