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south ; and in April on its return ; but has been killed 

 in France in the month of July. It is taken in Provence 

 and Italy, and is recorded to have been found as far south 

 as Egypt. 



North of England, it is found at the Orkney and Shet- 

 land Isles, in Denmark and Sweden ; but neither Mr. Hew- 

 itson nor Mr. Dann mention having seen this Duck either 

 in Norway or Lapland. It goes, perhaps in its migra- 

 tion, more to the eastward, as it is said to be abundant 

 in Russia and the north of Germany. Mr. Blyth has 

 obtained it at Calcutta. 



The Pochard, or Dun-bird, is a common Duck in Ame- 

 rica, dispersed and breeding over the fur countries in 

 summer, some of them in winter going as far south as 

 Carolina and Louisiana. 



The adult male has the bill black at the point and the 

 base ; the intermediate portion pale blue, forming a broad 

 transverse band ; the irides red ; the head and upper part 

 of the neck all round rich chestnut-red ; the neck below 

 deep black ; back, scapulars, tertials, and wing-coverts, 

 freckled over with minute grey specks and lines, on a 

 ground of white ; primaries and secondaries nearly uni- 

 form grey ; the primaries ending in dark brown ; the se- 

 condaries narrowly tipped with white ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts nearly black ; tail-feathers uniform greyish- 

 brown ; breast, sides, and belly to the vent, greyish-white ; 

 produced by minute grey marks, on a white ground; 

 under tail-coverts black ; legs and toes bluish-grey, the 

 intervening membranes bluish-black. 



The whole length nineteen inches and a half. From the 

 point of the wing to the end of the first quill-feather, which 

 is the longest, eight inches and a quarter. 



The adult female has the bill black ; the irides brown ; 



