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ORD. III. GEN. XL DUCK. 



S P E. X. POCHARD. 



PI. 254. 



Anas ferina. Lin. Syft. I. p. aoj. 

 Le Millouin. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 384. 



The male pochard weighs near two pounds. The bill is lead coloured, 

 black at the tip, and broad at the end : eyes, red orange : head, and neck, 

 dark chefnut colour: upper part of the breaft, dull black j lower part, dull 

 orange : belly, a much paler tint of the fame colour : back, pale brownifh 

 grey, elegantly marked with narrow lines of black : lefs wing coverts, grey, 

 and tipped with white : quill feathers, dulky brown : tail, fhort and round, of 

 a dark lead colour : vent, black : legs, dark blue. 



The head and neck of the female are of a pale reddifh brown : the other 

 parts of the plumage have a faint refemblance of the male. 



This fpecies frequents both the feafhores and frefh waters, and is plentiful 

 in the winter feafon. h is a tender, fine flavoured, flefhy duck, and is called 

 a dun bird in the London markets. 



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