. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . irec-tion in which they fly. A few of the leading Pochards areallowed to pass over the place where the net is concealed,and then it is suddenly raised up so as to intercept thegreat bulk of the flock, which strike against the net in theirflight, and flutter down into a number of small pens con- 1 Hist. Ber. Nat. Chcb, vol. vii. p. 305. 2 jbid. vol. viii. p. 196. 3 JbUl. vol. ix. p. 366. THE POCHARD. 117 structed at th
. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . irec-tion in which they fly. A few of the leading Pochards areallowed to pass over the place where the net is concealed,and then it is suddenly raised up so as to intercept thegreat bulk of the flock, which strike against the net in theirflight, and flutter down into a number of small pens con- 1 Hist. Ber. Nat. Chcb, vol. vii. p. 305. 2 jbid. vol. viii. p. 196. 3 JbUl. vol. ix. p. 366. THE POCHARD. 117 structed at the bottom, out of which they cannot readilyescape, several hundreds being sometimes taken at once inthis manner.^ Pochards feed, when on fresh water, on aquatic plants,for which they dive, and they are then excellent for thetable, being considered almost equal to the celebrated Can-vas-back Duck of America. When at sea they subsist onmolluscs and other marine creatures, and are not then wellflavoured. The head and upper neck of the male Pochard are richchestnut. In the female these parts are huffish brown. 1 See The Wild Fowler, by Folkard, second edition, 1864, pp. ANSERES. ( 118 ) ANATIDyE. THE TUFTED DUCK. BLACK DUCK, BLACK WIGEON, DOUCKEE. Fuligula cristata. the feather d tribes in close array Oer the wide fields of ocean wing their wayWhen from the rage of winter they repairTo warmer suns and more indulgent air. Pitt. This duck is occasionally seen off the coast, and on someof the inland waters of the county, during autumn, winter,and spring. It has been observed on the Tweed at Paxton,a male in full plumage having been shot there during thesnow-storm of 1870-71. Mr. John Aitchison, plasterer, Duns, informs me thata male was killed at Marchmont in the autumn of William Smith, gamekeeper. Duns Castle, informs methat he saw two on the lake there on the 3rd of November1887, and four on the 10th of January 1890. Althoughthe Tufted Duck is generally a winter vis
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