206 WESTERN POCHARD. 



it from Denmark. If it be the Anas Rufa of Linne, 

 it is likewise a native of Sweden. 



WESTERN POCHARD. 



(Fuligula dispar.) 



Fu. alba subtus jerruginea, occipitis tnacida fronteque virescen- 



tibtis, orbitis jugulo collari dorsoque nigris. 

 White Pochard beneath rust-coloured, with a greenish spot on 



the occiput and forehead, the orbits, jugulurn, collar, and back 



black. 



Anas dispar. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 535. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 866. 

 Anas stelleri. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 518. 

 Western Duck. Penn. Arct. Zool 2. 497. pi. 23. Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 6. 532. Lath. Syn. Sup. 275. 



THE sexes of this elegant species differ materially 

 from each other : it is about seventeen inches in 

 length, and the male has a black beak : the irides 

 grey-brown : the top and sides of the head and neck, 

 and hind part of the last, for half its length, white : 

 on the forehead is a delicate pea-green band ; and on 

 the nape is a transverse one of the same colour, but 

 darker j on the lower angle of which, on each side, 

 is a round black spot, and an irregular shaped one at 

 the hind corner of the eye : the chin, throat, and 

 fore part of the neck black, communicating with a 

 collar of the same, which surrounds the neck about 

 the middle ; from the hinder part of this, the black 

 passes down over the back quite to the tail : the 



