196 CANVAS-BACKED POCHARD. 



wounded with a broken wing, took to feeding on 

 corn immediately, and was, after three years' con- 

 finement, in high health, and very tame. 



CANVAS-BACKED TOCHARD. 



(Fuligula vallisneria.) 



Fv.Jrontc genisque obscure fuscis, capite, colloquc parte snpcriore 



fulvis, inferior e nigro cincto, dor so, scapular ibus, ventrcque albis, 



lincis nigris angustissimis pennicillatis, tcctricibus alarum su- 



periorlbus griseis, nigricante maculatis, remigibus pallide ardo- 



siaceis. 



Pochard with the forehead and cheeks dull brown, the head and 

 xipper part of the neck fulvous, the lower part with a black 

 belt, the back, scapulars, and belly white, pencilled with very 

 narrow black lines, the upper wing-coverts grey, spotted with 

 black, the quills pale slate-colour. 



Canvas-backed Duck. (Anas vallisneria.') Wils. Amer. Orn. 

 v.viii. p. 103. pi. lxx._/. 5. Sabine, Frank. Journ. App. p. 699. 



To the exertions of the indefatigable Wilson na- 

 turalists are indebted for a knowledge of this new and 

 interesting species, which is thus described by him : 

 " The canvas-back is two feet long, and three feet 

 in extent, and when in good order weighs three 

 pounds : the beak is large, rising high in the head, 

 three inches in length, and one inch and three-eighths 

 thick at the base, of a glossy black : eye very small : 

 irides dark red : cheeks and fore part of the head 

 blackish-brown : rest of the head and greater part of 

 the neck bright glossy reddish-chesnut, ending in a 



