Class II. POCHARD DUCK. 



271 



Anas ferina. A. cinereo-undu- 

 lato, capite brunneo, fascia 

 pectorali crisso uropygioque 

 nigro. Lath. Ind. orn. 862. 

 id. Syn. vi. 623. id. Sup. ii. 

 354. 



La Cane a teste rousse. Belon 

 av. 173. 



Anas fera fusca, vel media (ein 

 wilte grauwe ente, Rotent.) 

 Gesner av. II6'. 



Aldr. av. iii. 93. 



Poller, Pochard, or red headed 23. Pochard. 



, Wigeon. JVil. orn. 36?. 

 Haii Syn. av. 143. 

 Anas ferina. Gm. Lin. 530. 

 Faun. Suec. sp. 127. 

 Penelope, leMillouin. Brisson 



av. vi. 384. tah. 35. Jig. 1. 



Hisi. d'ois. ix. 2l6. PI. 



Enl. 303. 

 Danis Bran-Nakke. Norvegis 



Rod-Nakke. Brunnich, 80. 

 Br. ZooL 156. Tal. Q. 5. 



Jrct. Zool. ii. 284. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



xTS weight is about one pound twelve ounces : 

 its length nineteen inches ; its breadth two feet 

 and a half. The bill is of a deep lead color ; 

 the head and neck of a bright bay ; the breast 

 and part of the back where it joins the neck, 

 are black; the coverts of the wings, the sca- 

 pulars, back, and sides under the wings, of a 

 pale grey, elegantly marked with narrow lines 

 of black; the quil feathers dusky; the belly 

 ash colored and brown; the tail consists of 

 twelve short feathers, of a deep grey color; 

 the legs lead colored; the irides of a bright 

 yellow, tinged with red. 



The head of the female is of a pale reddish Female 

 brown ; the breast is rather of a deeper color ; 



