DUCK. 523 



Anas ferina, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 203. $\,~±Fau»; Suec. N° 127.— /?;•«». N° 80. 68. 



-.JMW6r,W- 124. -POCHARD. 



Anas erythrocephala, JV. C. Ptr/r. xv. p. 465. N° 14. pi. 20. (Graelin.) 

 Le Millouin, Pr//. Orri. vi. p. 384. ig. pi. 35. i.—Buf. Off. ix. p. 216.—= 



/>/. £»/. 803. 

 Pochard, Poker, or great red- headed Wigeon, Rati Syn. p. 14.3. A. 10.— 



Will. Orn. p. 367. pi. 72.— 5>-. Z00/. ii. N° 284.— ^r<2. Zoo/. N° 491. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



CIZE of the Wigeon: length nineteen inches: weight one Description. 



pound twelve ounces. The bill broader than in the JVigeon, 

 of a deep blue, with a black tip : irides orange : the head and 

 neck deep chefnut : the lower part of the neck and breaft, and 

 upper part of the back, dufky black : fcapulars, and wing co- 

 verts neareft the body, of a blueifh white, minutely barred with 

 dufky black ; the exterior wing coverts and quills dufky brown : 

 belly dufky white, marked with numerous dufky lines on the 

 fides : tail dufky grey : legs lead-colour. 



The female has the head of a pale reddifh brown: breaft the Female. 

 fame, but deeper : wing coverts and belly cinereous : the back 

 the fame as in the male. 



This fpecies, like the Pintail, and fome others, is common Place anu 

 both to the old and new continent. With us frequent the fens in Manners. 

 the winter feafon, and are brought up to the London markets 

 fometimes in confiderable numbers, where they are known by the 

 name of Bun Birds * -, and are efteemed excellent eating. In 

 winter pafs pretty far to the forth, being found in Egypt f, about 



• The female of the Wigeon is alfo fo called. f Fauna Arab. 



3 X a Cairo. 



