. A history of British birds . ANSEEES. POCHARD. 413 FuLiGULA FERiNA (Linnseus*).THE POCHARD, OE DUN-BIRD. Fuligida ferina. The Pochard, or Dun-bird (for this species is known byvarious names, as Red-headed Poker, and Red-eyed Poker,from the prevailing colour of the head, and the pecuharcolour of the eye not observed in any other British Duck),is, in the main, a winter visitor to this country, appearingabout the beginning of October, and leaving us again in thespring. A tolerable number, however, remain to breed insuitable localities ; and, owing to efficient protection, theyappear
. A history of British birds . ANSEEES. POCHARD. 413 FuLiGULA FERiNA (Linnseus*).THE POCHARD, OE DUN-BIRD. Fuligida ferina. The Pochard, or Dun-bird (for this species is known byvarious names, as Red-headed Poker, and Red-eyed Poker,from the prevailing colour of the head, and the pecuharcolour of the eye not observed in any other British Duck),is, in the main, a winter visitor to this country, appearingabout the beginning of October, and leaving us again in thespring. A tolerable number, however, remain to breed insuitable localities ; and, owing to efficient protection, theyappear to be on the increase. Messrs. Sheppard andWhitear, in their Catalogue of Norfolk Birds, published in * Anas for inn, Linnyjus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 203 (1766). 414 ANATlDJi. 1825, stated that this species then nested at Scoulton Mere,a spot which has been abandoned for many years ; but atpresent it undoubtedly breeds on Lord Walsinghams estateat Merton, and, probably, in some other localities in Mere, in Yorkshire, has long been a well-kn
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