204 MEXICAN POCHARD. 



entirely white : the quills brown ; the six middle 

 ones white half way, or upwards, from the base : the 

 breast and belly grey-brown, varied with white : the 

 lower belly, thighs, and under tail-coverts pale rufous, 

 mixed with grey-brown : the tail dusky, wedge-shaped, 

 the feathers pointed at the ends ; the shafts black : the 

 legs brown. The other sex has the beak blue : the 

 top of the head black ; with a streak of the same 

 colour passing through the eye, and another beneath : 

 between these white : prevailing colour of the plu- 

 mage dusky brown, varied with darker ; the under 

 parts being palest, especially the chin : wings with a 

 few white markings on their outer coverts : tail co- 

 loured as the rest of the body ; short ; and the tips of 

 the feathers un webbed, and prolonged into a sharp 

 point : legs dirty flesh-colour. 



Inhabits St. Domingo, and other West India islands. 



MEXICAN POCHARD. 



, (Fuligula fulva.) 



Fu.Julva, cor pore superior e alisquefulvojuscoque striatis, cauda 



albo nigroque varid, 

 Fulvous Pochard with the superior part of the body and wings 



striped with fulvous and brown, the tail varied with black and 



white. 



Anas fulva. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 530. Lath. 2nd. Orn. 2. 863. 

 Penelope Mexicana. Briss. Orn. 6. 390. 

 Mexican Pochard. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 524. 



