172 POCHARD 
It is found, usually rather sparingly, in Shetland (where 
it has been suspected of nesting), in Orkney, and in the 
Outer Hebrides (where it has lately been ascertained to 
breed). It is generally a fairly common winter visitant to 
Britain. 
FULIGULA FERINA (Linn.). POCHARD. 
There is with respect to this species the same dearth of 
information, but considering its general distribution it 
can scarcely be very infrequent. It is, however, more a 
frequenter of inland waters than the last, and may there- 
fore be expected to be less abundant in Man. Mr. Kermode, 
in his revised list of 1888, notes it ‘Regular winter visitor, 
in small numbers. Specimens have been obtained from 
time to time, as in 1885 (when, as Mr. Kermode relates, a 
winged specimen, which was being persecuted by Gulls on 
the beach of Ramsey, was taken by Mr. K. Lucas, and kept 
some months in captivity, growing very tame), 1890, and 
1897. 
The Pochard has recently been recorded by Sir H. 
Maxwell as breeding in Wigtownshire (the locality being 
almost within sight of our coast), and it has been said to 
nest also both in Down and Antrim. Mr. Oldham believes 
that a few breed in Anglesea. As a winter visitor it 
occurs with more or less frequency round the Irish Sea. 
In Kirkcudbrightshire it is, according to Mr. Service, not 
abundant; and while not uncommon on the Lancashire 
coast, is in Cumberland more frequent on inland waters. 
It is a regular winter visitor to Orkney. Little is known 
of its distribution in Shetland or the Outer Hebrides; in 
the latter, however, it has been found to breed. In Britain 
generally it is a pretty abundant winter visitor. 
