248 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



inhabits the South-Western Palearctic Region. The adult 

 male has the head and fore-neck rufous, the former being 

 furnished with a soft bushy crest ; lower neck, breast, and 

 belly, rich warm black ; secondaries, white ; some of the 

 quills and speculum, white; back and tail, brown; shoulders 

 and flanks, white; irides, red; bill, rich crimson; nail, 

 brown; legs and feet, rich orange. Length, about twenty- 

 one inches. The adult female has the general colour of 

 the upper parts greyish-brown ; head, tinged with yellowish- 

 brown ; white shoulder patches absent. 



WHITE-EYED POCHARD. 



THE White-eyed Pochard (Fuligula nyroca, Guldenstadt) is 

 a rare abnormal spring, autumn, and winter migrant to the 

 British Isles, and is also found in the Southern Palearctic 

 Region and North-Western Oriental Region. The adult 

 male has the back, wings, and tail deep brown ; a white 

 speculum with a black border in front; head, neck, and 

 breast, rich chestnut; a dusky ring encircles the lower neck; 

 a small white spot on chin ; abdomen, whitish ; flanks, dull 

 chestnut ; under tail-coverts, white ; irides, white ; bill, 

 blackish ; nail, black ; legs and feet, slate colour. Length, 

 about sixteen inches. The adult female closely resembles 

 the male, with the exception that the colouration is duller 

 and the belly marked with brown. The young of the year 

 are similar to the adult females, but show less white and 

 chestnut. (P. 249.) 



