118 ANATID^E 



DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 



PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial. Top of head and crest, 

 light chestnut ; rest of head and upper neck, dark chestnut ; 

 lower neck, breast, and abdomen, very dark brown ; flanks, 

 white with a pinkish hue ; back and scapulars, yellowish- 

 brown, with two white shoulder-bands ; secondaries, banded 

 with white ; coverts of wing-fold, bordered white ; primaries, 

 greyish-white, tipped with brown ; tail, 1 ash-brown ; upper 

 tail-coverts, dark brown. 



Adult male, post-nuptial or eclipse. Resembles the adult 

 female plumage, but distinguished by the presence of the 

 crest. 



Adult female nuptial. Crest absent ; top of head, darker 

 brown than in the male ; cheeks and throat, impure white ; 

 back and breast shading from pale red to greyish-brown; 

 shoulder-band, dull white. 



Adult winter, male and female. Resembles the respective 

 nuptial plumages. 



Immature^ male and female. Resembles the female, in 

 plumage. 



BEAK. Brilliant red ; tip, yellow. 



FEET. 2 Vermilion red ; webs, nearly black. 



IRIDES. Red. 



EGGS. Bluish-green : clutch, about ten. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH 22 in. 



WING 10-5 



BEAK T9 



TARSO-METATAESUS 1*5 ,, 



EGG 2'3 x 1-6 in. 



POCHARD. Fnligula ferina (Linnaeus). 



Coloured Figures. Gould, 'Birds of Great Britain,' vol. v, 

 pi. 20; Dresser, 'Birds of Europe,' vol. vi, pi. 434; 

 Lilford, ' Coloured Figures,' vol. vii, pi. 44 ; Booth, 

 ' Rough Notes,' vol. iii, pi. 12. 



The Pochard is best known as a winter-migrant, yet it 

 breeds sparingly in the British Isles. Considerable num- 



1 Tail consists of sixteen feathers, only fourteen in the Common 

 Pochard. 



2 The hind toe is broadly lobed as in other Diving Ducks. 



