. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . ides brown: crown brown,changeable with green, ending in a ftreak of brownat the hinder part of the head, with a fmall creft:between the bill and eye, and behind each ear, fer-ruginous fpots, the firft round, the lafl oblong andlarge: throat of a fine deep purple : the reft of thehead bright green, continued in ftreaks down theneck: breaft a light ferruginous brown, fpottedwith black: hind part of the neck and back darkbrown, waved with black: wing-coverts alh-colour-cd; lower coverts ftreaked with ruft-colour: fca-pulars cinereous: q
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . ides brown: crown brown,changeable with green, ending in a ftreak of brownat the hinder part of the head, with a fmall creft:between the bill and eye, and behind each ear, fer-ruginous fpots, the firft round, the lafl oblong andlarge: throat of a fine deep purple : the reft of thehead bright green, continued in ftreaks down theneck: breaft a light ferruginous brown, fpottedwith black: hind part of the neck and back darkbrown, waved with black: wing-coverts alh-colour-cd; lower coverts ftreaked with ruft-colour: fca-pulars cinereous: quills the fame, inclined to brown:fecondaries fine green, ending in a Ihade of black,edged with white: tail-coverts deep changeablegreen: twelve feathers in the tall; the two mlddle-moft black, the others brown, edged with white:belly dulky, finely granulated : legs fmall, yellow:webs dulky. Taken in a decoy in been met with along the Lena, and about thelake Baikal. Has a fmgular note, fomewhat likeclucking. Latham, Yy 2 35(> BRITISH POCHARD. POKER, DUNBIRD, OR GREAT-HEADED WIGEON.{Anas ferinaf Lin.—Penelope, le MUIoulny BufF.) The Pochard is nineteen inches in length, andtwo feet and a half in breadth, and weighs aboutone pound thirteen The bill is of a darklead colour, with the tip and fides near the nof-trils, black: irides fine deep yellow. The head andneck are of a glolTy chefnut, joined to a large fpaceof footy black which covers the breafl, and is fpreadover the fhoulders: the lower part of the back,rump, tail-coverts, and vent, are alfo black: therefl of the plumage, both above and below, iswholly covered with prettily freckled flender dulkythreads, difpofed tranfverfely in clofe-fet zigzaglines on a pale ground, more or lefs fhaded off withafh and brown, and deepefl on the wing-coverts. BRITISH BIRDS. 357 The primary quills are brown, with dulky tips; thefecondaries lead colour, tinged with brown, andflightly tipped with dull white. Th
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