Crass. POCHARD DUCK. | 27) 
Anas ferina. A. cinereo-undu- Poker, Pochard, or red headed 23, Pocuarp. 
lato, capite brunneo, fascia Wigeon. Wil. orn. 367. 
pectorali crisso uropygioque Rai Syn. av. 143. 
nigro. Lath. Ind. orn. 862. Anas ferina. Gm. Lin. 530. 
ad. Syn. vi. 523. id. Sup.ii. Faun. Suec. sp. 127. 
354. Penelope, le Millouin. Brisson 
La Cane a teste rousse. Belon av. vi. 384. tab. 35. fig. 1. 
av. 173. Hist. dois. ix. 216. PI. 
Anas fera fusca, vel media (ein Eni. 303. 
wilte grauwe ente, Rotent.) Danis Brun-Nakke. Norvegis 
Gesner av. 116. Rod-Nakke. Brunnich, 80. 
Aldr. av. iii. 93. Br. Zool. 156. Tab. Q. 5. 
Arct. Zool. ii. 284. 
Its weight is about one pound twelve ounces: Descrir- 
its length nineteen inches ; its breadth two feet “°™ 
and ahalf. The bill is of a deep lead color; 
the head and neck of a bright bay; the breast 
and part of the back where it joins the neck, 
are black; the coverts of the wings, the sca- 
pulars, back, and sides under the wings, of a 
pale grey, elegantly marked with narrow. lines 
of black; the quil feathers dusky; the belly 
ash colored and brown; the tail consists of 
twelve short feathers, of a deep grey color; 
the legs lead colored; the irides of a bright 
yellow, tinged with red. 
The head of the female is of a pale reddish Femaze. 
brown ; ‘the breast is rather of a deeper color ; 
