216 ORNAMENTAL WATERFOWL. 
into the water, the duck on leaving the nest covering her eggs 
with dripping weed from the lake. 
Male.—Head and neck black, with a purple green gloss ; 
back and upper wings green ; breast and sides two shades of 
chestnut ; wing-bar white; eyes yellow ; bill lead colour, with 
white spot at lower base of mandible; feet brown. 
Female.—Various shades of brown ; broad white band 
at base of upper mandible ; white wing-bar. 
Young.—Thick down, pale brown and white; upper 
mandible reddish-brown, under one yellow. 
Egg.—Rich dark cream colour; rather large; five to 
seven in number. March. 
RING-NECKED POCHARD. 
(Fuligula collaris. Fuligula rufitorques ). 
I have only seen a skin of this species in the British 
Museum Collection, believed to be a male. 
The head, neck, and upper breast bluish-black, with 
metallic lustre ; a white spot on the chin; round the lower part 
of throat a reddish-chestnut collar; abdomen and lower breast 
white ; legs pale grey; bill pale bluish-grey, with black bean ; 
eye yellow. The distribution of this bird is throughout the 
whole of North America, and as far south as the West Indies. 
GENUS TACAHYERES. 
The singular Logger-head Duck is the sole representative 
of this genus, resembling in its habits the Scoters, though very 
different from them in other respects. 
