REDHEAD. 
POCHARD. 
AyTHYA AMERICANA. 
Char. Mantle and sides silvery white, varied with fine waved lines of 
dusky; belly white; head and neck rich che.stnut ; lower neck, breast, 
and rump black ; wings and tail slate gray ; bill dull bluish black, tipped 
with gray ; legs and feet leaden gray. In the female the head, neck, 
and breast are grayish brown, and the markings on the back less distinct 
and of a browner tint. Length 17 to 21 inches. 
iVest. Amid the rank herbage in marshy margin of stream or lake, — 
sometimes resting upon the water ; made of grass and sedges and lined 
with feathers. 
7"*4 (usually about 10) ; pale buff or creamy, tinged more or 
less with olive ; 2.40 X 1.75. 
1 he Pochard, so nearly related to the Canvas-back, with 
which it generally associates, is common to the north of both 
continents. It is abundant in Russia in rivers and lakes in 
all latitudes, as well as in Denmark, the north of Germany, 
and as a bird of passage is seen in England, Holland, France, 
Italy, and in the course of the winter proceeds as far south as 
Egypt. In the present continent these birds are found to 
