'470 POCHARD. Clafs II. 



XVIII. The POCHARD. 



La Cane a telle rouffe. Belon a<v. Raii/yn. a<v. 143. 



173. Anas ferina. Lin. fyfi. 203. 



^.nas fera fufca, vel media (ein Faun. Suec. fp. 127. 



wilte grauwe ente, Rotent.) Penelope, le Millouin. Briffon 



Gefner a-v. 1 1 6. a<u. vi. 384.. tab. ^.fig- I. 



Aldr. a<v. iii. 93. Danis Brun-Nakke. Norvegis 

 Poker, Pochard, or red headed Rod-Nakke. Brunnicb. 80. 



Wigeon. Wil. em. 367. Br. Zool. 156. 



Defer. IfTS weight is about one pound twelve ounces •, its 

 X 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 

 dusky : the belly afh-colored and brown : the tail 

 confifts of twelve fhort 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 

 reddifh brown : the breaft 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 ; 

 and being very delicate eating, are much fought for in 

 the London markets, where they are known by the 

 name of Dun birds. 



XIX. The 



