POCHARD. NATATORES. FULIGULA. 347 



RED-HEADED POCHARD. 



FULIGULA FERINA, Steph. 

 PLATE LXIII. FIG. 1. 



Fuligula ferina, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 12. 193. 



Anas ferina, Linn. Syst. 1. 203. sp. 31 GmeL Syst. 1. 530 Lath. Ind. 



Ornith. 2. 862. sp. 77 Wils. Amer. Orn. 8. 119. pi. 70. fig. 6. male. 

 Anas rufa, GmeL Syst. 515. 1\Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 863. sp. ?8. 

 Anas fera fusca, Rail Syn. 143. A. 

 Nyroca ferina, Flem. Brit. Anim. 1. 121. No. 182. 

 Penelope, Briss. Orn. 6. 384. 19. t. 35. f. 1. 

 Milouin, Buff. Ois. 9. 216 Id. PI. Enl. 803. male. 

 Canard Milouin, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2. 868. 

 Die Tafel-Ente, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 1028 Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 



2. 527. 

 Pochard, or Red-headed "VVigeon, Penn. Br. Zool. 2. 600. No. 284 Arct. 



ZooL 2. 491 Albin's Birds, 2. pi. 98 Lath. Syn. 6. 523 Id. Sup. 



2. 354 Id. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 4. 116. pi. 14. f. 5. 6. (Trachea.) 



LewMs Br. Birds, 7. pi. 253 Mont. Ornith. Diet, and Sup. Bewick's 



Br. Birds, ed. 1826, p. t. 353. Wils. Amer. Orn. 8. 119. pi. 70. f. 6. 



Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 121. sp. 182. 



PROVINCIAL Poker, Dun-Bird, Red-headed Poker, Great -headed 

 Wigeon, Blue Poker, Vare-headed Wigeon, AttileDuc k, Bun- 

 Cur. 



IN the Fens of Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and other eastern, Periodical 

 as well as some of the southern counties, the Pochard is a ^ 

 common and well-known species during its winter migration, 

 and is sent in great numbers to the London market (where 

 it is sold under the name of the Dun Bird) ; but from its 

 diving propensity, and the alarm it frequently creates, it is 

 ever an unwelcome visitor to the decoys. In the northern 

 parts of England and in Scotland it is comparatively of rare 

 occurrence, either from the deficiency of some particular 

 aquatic plants and grasses, or from these districts being out 

 of its migratory line from the north-eastern parts of Europe. 

 It is almost always seen upon the water, where it swims 

 very rapidly, but apparently deep, arising from its flattened 

 form. It dives well, and mostly for its food ; remaining for 

 a long time under the surface. It has also great swiftness 

 on wing ; and when in flocks, Pochards always fly in a very 



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