Family ANATID^. Genus Fuligula. 



Subfamily Fuligulinm. 



WHITE-EYED POCHARD. 



FULIGULA WS[^OQ.h.—{Giildenstddt). 



Geographical Distribution. — British: Rare and irregular 

 straggler on spring and autumn migration, most frequently met 

 with in the eastern counties of England. Norfolk heads the list 

 with upwards of a score examples ; others have been obtained 

 in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Nottinghamshire, and Yorkshire. 

 Northumberland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, Dorset, and 

 Devon, can each claim an example ; Radnorshire another ; and 

 Oxfordshire no less than four. There are two occurrences on 

 record for Scotland, and four for Ireland. Foreign: Southern 

 Palsarctic region; parts of Oriental region in winter. Of only 

 accidental occurrence in the Canaries, Denmark, and the Baltic 

 Provinces. Breeds throughout Europe in suitable localities as 

 far north as Holland, Germany, and in Russia up to Moscow, 

 Kazan, and Ekaterinburg. Only found in summer in the 

 northern portions of this area, but resident in the basin of the 

 Mediterranean (although it is not known to breed in Egypt), 

 Black and Caspian Seas, its numbers being increased in winter. 

 In Asia, Fmsch is the only authority for the occurrence of this 

 species in Siberia, where he states positively that he saw it as far 

 north as the Arctic Circle, in the valley of the Obb. It breeds, 

 however, throughout Turkestan and Cashmere, and most pro- 

 bably in Mongoha and Mantchooria north to the Amoor. Many 

 of these Asiatic birds pass through Afghanistan on migration and 

 winter in India and Northern Burma ; others pass that season 

 in Northern China and Japan. I have myself examined examples 

 of this bird sent from Japan by Messrs. Blakiston and Fryer; but 



