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POCHARD. 



Class II. 



284. Pochard. La Cane a telle rouffe. Belon Anas ferina. Lin.fyft. 203. 



anr. 173. Faun. Suec. fp. 127. 



Anas fera fufca, vel media Penelope, leMillouin. Briffbn 



(ein wilte grauwe ente, ttv. VI. 384. ta£. 35. 7%-. 1. 



Rotent.) Gejher a<v. 116. 

 ^/</r. «rp. III. 93. 

 Poker, Pochard, or red head^ 



ed WIgeon. Wil. orn. 367. 

 Raiifyn. av. 143. 



Dams Brun-Nakke. Norve- 

 gis Rod-Nakke. Brumiich, 

 80. 



Br. Zcol. 156. 



Descrip. TTS weight is about one pound twelve ounces : 

 A its length nineteen inches ; its breadth two feet 

 and a half. The bill is of a deep lead color: the 

 head and neck are of a bright bay color : the breaft 

 and part of the back where it joins the neck, are 

 black : the coverts of the wings, the fcapulars, back 

 and fides under the wings are of a pale grey, 

 elegantly marked with narrow lines of black : the 

 quil feathers dulky : the belly afh colored and 

 brown : the tail confilts of twelve Ihort feathers, of 

 a deep grey color : the legs lead colored : the 

 irides of a bright yellow, tinged with red. 



Female. The head of the female is of a pale reddifh 



brown : the bread is rather of a deeper color : 



the coverts of the wings a plain afh color : the 



back marked like that of the male : the belly afh 



colored. Thefe birds frequent frefh water as well as 



the fea 5 and being very delicate eating, are much 



fought for in the London markets, where they are 



known by the name of Dun birds. 



Anas 



