. A history of British birds . VOL. IV. .S H 418 ANSERES. ANATIDiE. ANATID^ FuLiGULA NYROCA (Gulclenstadt*).THE FERRUGINOUS DUCK, OR WHITE-EYED DUCK. Fuligida nyroca. Though somewhat resembling in colour the Pochard orDun-bird last described, the Ferruginous or White-eyedDuck is at once distinguished from it by its smaller size,its dark brown back, and by the centres of its secondaryquill-feathers being white ; forming a broad white bar onthe wing at all ages. The Ferruginous Duck is only anirregular visitor to this country, principally in winter andspring. Its occurrences in Norfolk have b

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. A history of British birds . VOL. IV. .S H 418 ANSERES. ANATIDiE. ANATID^ FuLiGULA NYROCA (Gulclenstadt*).THE FERRUGINOUS DUCK, OR WHITE-EYED DUCK. Fuligida nyroca. Though somewhat resembling in colour the Pochard orDun-bird last described, the Ferruginous or White-eyedDuck is at once distinguished from it by its smaller size,its dark brown back, and by the centres of its secondaryquill-feathers being white ; forming a broad white bar onthe wing at all ages. The Ferruginous Duck is only anirregular visitor to this country, principally in winter andspring. Its occurrences in Norfolk have been more frequentthan in any other part of the British Islands, and Mr. J. , jun., says that in that county it is something morethan an accidental straggler, although Mr. Stevenson doesnot mention many instances, and those mostly betweenJanuary and April. It has also been obtained in Suffolk Anas nyroca, Giildenstadt, Nov. Com. Petrop. xiv. p. 403 (1769). FERRUGINOUS DUCK. 419 and Cambridgeshire. At long intervals it has occurred inthe Humher district and in Yorkshi

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