452 NORTHERN ZOOLOGY. 



head of the Canvas-back approach somewhat to the form of the Pintail Duck, bein^ much 

 lengthened, and of equal breadth throughout. First quill the longest. 



Female. — Ground colour of the upper plumage and flanks liver-brown ; sides of the head, 

 neck, and breast, ferruginous ; shoulders, shorter scapulars, and under plumage, ed^ed with 

 the same. Middle of the back and wing coverts clove-brown, finely undulated with greyish- 

 white. There are no undulated markings on the tertiaries and secondaries, and only a few 

 on the tips of the scapulars. Bill as in the male ; the neck more slender. 









Dimensions 















Of the male. 











Inch. 



Lin. 



Inch. 



Lin. 





Inch. Lin, 



Length, total 



24 



c 



Length of bill above . . 2 



4 



Length of tarsus 



1 10 



,, of tail 



2 



9 



„ of bill to frontal angle 2 



10 



,, of middle toe . 



. 2 10^ 



,, of wing 



. 9 



6 



„ of bill to rictus . 2 



8 



,, of outer toe 



. 3 



— R. 



[211.] 2. Fuligula ferina. (Stephens.) The Pochard. 



Sub-family, Fuligulinae, Swains. Genus, Fuligula, Ray. 

 Pochard Duck. Penn. Arct. Zool., ii., p. 560, No. 491. 

 Red-headed Duck (Anas ferina?). Wils., viii., p. 110, pi. 70, f. 6. 

 Canard milouin (Anas ferina) . Temm., ii., p. 808. 

 Fuligula ferina. Bonap. Syn., p. 31, No. 339. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Colour. — Head and neck brilliant reddish-orange ; base of the neck, breast, fore part of 

 the back, rump, and upper and under tail coverts, pitch-black ; scapulars, interscapulars, 

 flanks, thighs, and vent, finely undulated with white and clove-brown ; belly whitish, with 

 faint lines ; posterior part of the back blackish-brown, partially undulated with fine grey lines. 

 Wings hair-brown ; the secondaries bluish-grey, narrowly tipped with white, and the two 

 adjoining tertiaries edged with black : axillary feathers and under coverts pure white. Bill : 

 upper mandible light blue ; its tip, a narrow belt round its base, and the under mandible, 

 black. Legs black. 



Form. — Bill rather longer than the head, but considerably shorter, in proportion, than 

 that of the last; the upper lamina lying entirely within the edges of the mandible; epidermis, 

 when dry, wrinkled near the unguis. Tail very short, and, like that of the rest of the 

 American Fuligulce, consisting of fourteen feathers ; the lateral ones graduated. First quill 

 feather the longest. 



Female, liver-brown above, with pale edgings ; forehead, base of the neck, sides of the 

 breast, and flanks, chestnut, edged with yellowish-brown. Chin, throat, and fore part of the 

 belly, greyish-white. Wings, bill, and legs as in the male. 









Dimensions 















Of the male. 











Inch. 



Lin. 



Inch. 



Lin. 





Inch. Lin. 



Length, total 



22 







Length of bill above . . 1 



11 



Length of tarsus 



. i n 



,, of tail 



2 



9 



,, of bill to frontal angle 2 



4 



,, of middle toe 



• 2 41 



„ of wing 



. 9 







„ of bill to rictus . 2 



3 



,, of outer toe 



2 5 



— R. 



