GMELIN'S POCHARD. 209 



Anas bicolor. Vieil. 2 Edit, du Hour. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. t. 5. 

 p. 136. 



BEAK bluish : upper part of the head rufous, with 

 a broad black fascia, which descends to the middle of 

 the neck, where it is bounded by a white collar, 

 which entirely surrounds the neck, and is broadest 

 on the fore part ; the rest of the neck is reddish- 

 yellow : the feathers of the shoulders and scapulars 

 are nearly black, finely striped with red: the tail- 

 coverts are white, tinged with a straw-colour : the 

 back, quills, and tail-feathers are black : the upper 

 lesser wing-coverts slightly edged with dull red : the 

 breast and the belly are red : the legs are lead- 

 coloured. 



Found in South America, towards the 26th degree 

 of south latitude, in Paraguay, and about Buenos 

 Ayres : it has a hoarse cry, resembling the syllables 

 bl-bi-bi. 



GMELIN S POCHARD. 



(Fuligula Gmelini.) 



Fu. nigra capite spadiceo, pectore lineis rubris transrcersis. 



Black Pochard with the head chesnut, the breast with red trans- 

 verse lines. 



Anas Gmelini. Gmcl Syst. Nat. \. 531. Lath. Ind: Orn. 2. 

 876. 



Gmelin's Duck. Lath. Syn. Sup. ii. 356. 



V. XII. P. II. 1 1 



