TUFTED D UCK—SCA UP— POCHARD. 237 
These birds pair in March, and are very silent as a rule, 
except in the pairing season, when their rather harsh croak 
is frequently uttered. Their trivial name " curre " is given 
them from their cry. 
Munn has noted that when diving they seldom remain 
below the surface longer than half-a-minute. 
This is one of the few breeding species added to our 
list since the publication of Kelsall's catalogue. 
179. Fuligula 7narila, Soaup. 
A regular winter visitor on the coast, and common. It 
rarely occurs inland. 
There is a specimen in the Alton Museum, which was 
shot on King's Pond at that place. 
180, Fuligula feri7ta. Pochard. 
Dun-bird. Red-headed Pochard or Curre. 
Poker. 
A winter visitor, probably nesting in a few places. 
White includes this species among his winter birds 
of passage. 
Hawker mentions that he shot them on several 
occasions at Alresford (Lord Rodney's), and at Longstock 
and Hurstbourne, but at Keyhaven he considered " a 
dun-bird .... a vara avis!' 
In his fifty years' bag he accounted for sixty-four. 
