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PLATE CCLXL 



NYROCA POCHARD. 



FULIGULA NYROCA. 



The Nyroca Pochard is a winter visitant in Great 

 Britain, but neither regular nor frequent in its oc- 

 currence, which may be attributed to the same causes as 

 the rare occurrence of the Red-crested Pochard, namely 

 that this bird, which belongs to the eastern parts of 

 Europe, to Asia, and to Egypt and Nubia in Africa, is 

 rarely found by the sea-side, but principally on the 

 lakes and rivers inland, and only makes its appearance in 

 Britain when associated with flocks of the Red-headed 

 Pochard. 



Upon the rivers Wolga, Don, and Dniester, in Russia, 

 it is plentiful, as also in Galicia and Hungary ; from 

 thence it wanders as far north as Denmark, and the southern 

 parts of Sweden and Norway. In Holland, France, and 

 Switzerland it is rare. In the southern parts of Hungary 



