352 NATATORES. FULIGULA. NYJROCA POCHAKD. 



NYROCA POCHARD. 



FULIGULA NYROCA, Steph. 

 PLATE LXIII. FIG. 2. 



Puligula Nyroca, Stephens, Shaw's Zool. 12. 201. pi. 55. 



Anas Nyroca, Gmel. Syst. 1. 542 Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 869. sp. 91. 



Anas A'fricana, Gmel. Syst. 1. 522 Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 875. sp. 104 



Bullock, in Trans. Linn. Soc. 11. 178. 



Anas ferruginea, Gmel. Syst. 1. 528 Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 866. sp. 84. ? 

 Nyroca leucophthalmos, Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 121. sp. 181. 

 La Sarcelle d'Egypte, Buff. Ois. 9. 273 Id. PL Enl. 1000. 

 Canard a Iris blanc, ou Nyroca, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 876. 

 Die Weissaugige Ente, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 2. 526. 

 Tufted Duck, Lath. Syn. 6. 541. 79. var. A. 

 African Teal, Lath. Syn. 6. 555. 

 Ferrugineous Duck, Penn. Br. Zool. 2. 601. No. 285. ? Mont. Supp. to 



Orn. Diet. 



Castaneous Duck, Mont. App. to Sup. Ornith. Diet. 

 Olive Tufted Duck, Sow. Br. Miscell. 1. pi. 21. 

 White Eye, Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 121. sp. 181. 

 Nyroca Pochard, Shaw's Zool. 12. 201. pi. 55. 



As it still appears doubtful to what species the Ferrugi- 

 nous Duck of PENNANT'S British Zoology should be referred, 

 I have quoted the synonym in the present instance, with a 

 query as to its correctness. MONTAGU, in the Supplement to 

 his Ornithological Dictionary, conceived PENNANT'S bird to 

 be the female of the one he described under the title of the 

 Ferrugineous Duck, but which, according to his description, 

 seems to have been a young male of the Nyroca. After- 

 wards, in his Appendix to the Supplement, upon an exami- 

 nation of the proper female of the Nyroca^ he changed his 

 opinion, being unable to reconcile it with the short account 

 in PENNANT ; and the subject of which, he there suggests, 

 may possibly be the Nyroca in its young state, though he 

 seems more inclined (from the figure in PENNANT^S work) to 

 suppose it to be actually a female Wigeon in the autumnal 

 Hare visi- plumage. In Britain, the Nyroca Pochard is considered a 

 scarce bird, and indeed, till within a few years past, was 

 reckoned one of our rarest visitants. Of late, however, it 



