116. THE POCHARD. 



Nyroca ferina^ (LINNAEUS). 



Outer primaries with the outer web 

 much darker than the inner ; inner 

 primaries with both webs of the 

 same ashy grey as the speculum ; all 

 tipped dusky. 



Axillaries white. 



Bill dark, with no trace of red ; of 

 about equal width throughout. 



Abdomen and breast of different colour. 



Back and scapulars distinctly vermicu- 

 lated. 



Under tail-coverts never pure white. 



MALE : Head and. neck rich chestnut ; 



mantle black. 

 FEMALE : Head, neck, and mantle, dull 



reddish brown. 



VERNACULAR NAMES : Boorar nur, Lai- 

 sir, Hind. ; Rutubah, Sind. ; Cheoou, 

 Nepal ; Lall muriya, Beng. ; Thording- 

 nam, Manipur. 



THE Pochard occurs as a winter visitor 



in all parts of the Indian peninsula, from 



the Punjab and Sind to Bengal, and from 



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