254 ANSERES. 



The Harlequin Duck is a winter visitor to the Japanese Islands ; 

 extremely abundant on the Kuriles, less so in Yezzo, and least so in 

 the more southerly islands (Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. 

 JapaUj 1882j p. 99) . I have an example collected by Mr. Snow on the 

 Kurile Islands ; there is an example in the Swinhoe collection from 

 Hakodadij obtained by Captain Blakiston in June (Swinhoe, Ibis, 



1877, p. 147), which appears to be the first recorded from Japan ; and 

 there are two in the Pryer collection from Yokohama. 



The Harlequin Duck breeds in the Arctic Regions of both con- 

 tinents. 



248. FULIGULA BAERI. 



(SIBERIAN WHITE-EYED DUCK.) 



Anas (Fuhgula) baeri, Radde, Reis. Siid. Ost-Sibirien, ii. p. 376 (1863). 



The Siberian White-eyed Duck has white axillaries and nearly 

 white under tail-coverts. It has no white on the lores, and no white 

 vermiculations on the back or scapulars. 



Figures : David and Oustalet, Oiseaux de la Chine, pi. 134. 



The Siberian White-eyed Duck has not previously been recorded 

 from Japan, but all the notices of the occurrence of the Ferruginous 

 Duck in those islands (Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 22) probably refer 

 to the Eastern species. It has occurred both in Yezzo and on the 

 main island, but probably only in winter (Blakiston and Pryer, Ibis, 



1878, p. 215) . There are four examples in the Pryer collection from 

 Yokohama. 



The Siberian White-eyed Duck breeds in the valley of the Amoor 

 and winters in China. It is the Eastern representative of the White- 

 eyed Pochard, Fuligula nyroca, a species which ranges eastwards as 

 far as the valley of the Obb. 



249. FULIGULA FERINA. 

 (POCHARD.) 



Anasferina, Linneus, Syst. Nat, i. p. 203 (1766). 



The Pochard has white axillaries and nearly uniform grey 

 secondaries. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, vi. pi. 434. 



The Pochard occurs both in Yezzo and in the more southerly 



