PocHarpD. NATATORES. FULIGULA. 347 
RED-HEADED POCHARD. 
Furicuta rerrina, Steph. 
PLATE LXIII. Fie. 1. 
Fuligula ferina, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 12. 193. 
Anas ferina, Linn. Syst. 1. 203. sp. 31.—Gmel. Syst. 1. 530.—Lath. Ind. 
Ornith. 2. 862. sp. 77.—Wils. Amer. Orn. 8. 119. pl. 70. fig. 6. male. 
Anas rufa, Gmel. Syst. 515. 71— Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 863. sp. 78. 
Anas fera fusca, Raii Syn. 143. A. 
Nyroca ferina, F'lem. Brit. Anim. 1. 121. No. 182. 
Penelope, Briss. Orn. 6. 384. 19. t. 35. f 1. 
Milouin, Buff. Ois. 9. 216.—Id. Pl. Enl. 803. male. 
Canard Milouin, Temm. Man. d’Orn. 2. 868. 
Die Tafel-Ente, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 1028.—Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 
2. 527. 
Pochard, or Red-headed Wigeon, Penn. Br. Zool. 2. 600. No. 284.—Arct. 
Zool. 2. 491.—Albin’s Birds, 2. pl. 98.—Lath. Syn. 6. 523.—Id. Sup. 
2. 354.—Id. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 4. 116. pl. 14. f. 5. 6. (Trachea.)— 
Lewin’s Br. Birds, 7. pl. 253.—Mont. Ornith. Dict. and Sup.—Bewick’s 
Br. Birds, ed. 1826, p. t. 353.—Wils. Amer. Orn. 8 119. pl. 70. £ 6.— 
Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 121. sp. 182. 
Provincrat—Poker, Dun-Bird, Red-headed Poker, Great-headed 
Wigeon, Blue Poker, Vare-headed Wigeon, AttileDuc k, Dun- 
Cur. 
In the Fens of Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and other eastern, Periodical 
as well as some of the southern counties, the Pochard is ~ ieee 
common and well-known species during its winter migration, 
and is sent in great numbers to the London market (where 
it is sold under the name of the Dun Bird); but from its 
diving propensity, and the alarm it frequently creates, it ig 
ever an unwelcome visitor to the decoys. In the northern 
parts of England and in Scotland it is comparatively of rare 
occurrence, either from the deficiency of some particular 
aquatic plants and grasses, or from these districts being out 
of its migratory line from the north-eastern parts of Europe. 
It is almost always seen upon the water, where it swims 
very rapidly, but apparently deep, arising from its flattened 
form. It dives well, and mostly for its food ; remaining for 
a long time under the surface. It has also great swiftness 
on wing; and when in flocks, Pochards always fly in a very 
