THE POCHARDS. 
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a''Vb7recoJnrs?d. 
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"’S'^rtfS,,.!?''," “ "i"' '“ n««ibcr, of a liriglit green 
"bite. Avi., ^ fading, after being blown, to greenish- 
Axis, 2 3_2'4 inches; diam., i-65-r75. 
the pochards, genus NYROCA. 
Fleming, Phil. Zool. ii. p. 260 (1822). 
Type, JV. nyroca (Giild.). 
from’^Vw,™® according to Count Salvador!, differs 
‘I’*' upper mand?hIe”^Th ® Prominent on 
bp and o ^ f i^^° , "uf "'^un out towards 
^“^‘Sula "*■ us in the next genus, 
^ I. THE POCHARD. NYROCA FERINA. 
Nut. i. p. 230 (1766) 
^?5g- B. V. p' 103 (1852): 
B. B- Eur vi. p. 551, pi. 434 (1878); 
P- 57 s Seebohni, Br. B. hi. 
(i88e?.\i7ji baunders, ed. Yarr. Br. B. iv. p. 473 
X5.re“''/ W ’■"“'.si) Olfood, Col. Fig^ 
« «“■ P- 335 (.895). 
Sr'y''^rm ciJaSd”wn everywhere 
! on the 1,^^ ^ 1 , eross-hnes of dull ashy, less dis- 
uil-coverts whicif^ absent on the rump and upper 
wina^*"'’ f'■^Wuck; tail grey, minutely freckled S 
uniform ‘^i'Bnct on the greater series, which 
Coverts dusky at the tips; bastard-wing and primary- 
bp of the^inn^J' u®® dusky-grey externally, blackish near 
Purt, forming a “ lavender-grey for the most 
8 minor ; secondaries light grey, edged with 
