. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . i£^ 320 BRITISH THE POCHARD. POKER, DUNBIRD, OR GREAT-HEADED WIGEON.{^Anasferina^ Lin.—Penelope^ le Millouin, Buflf.) The Pochard is nineteen inches in length, and twofeet and a half in breadth, and weighs about one poundthirteen ounces. The bill is of a dark lead colour, withthe tip and sides near the nostrils, black: irides fine deepyellow. The head and neck are of a glossy chesnut,joined to a large space of sooty black which covers thebreast, and is spread over the shoulders : the lower partof the back, the rump, tail cov
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . i£^ 320 BRITISH THE POCHARD. POKER, DUNBIRD, OR GREAT-HEADED WIGEON.{^Anasferina^ Lin.—Penelope^ le Millouin, Buflf.) The Pochard is nineteen inches in length, and twofeet and a half in breadth, and weighs about one poundthirteen ounces. The bill is of a dark lead colour, withthe tip and sides near the nostrils, black: irides fine deepyellow. The head and neck are of a glossy chesnut,joined to a large space of sooty black which covers thebreast, and is spread over the shoulders : the lower partof the back, the rump, tail coverts, and vent, are alsoblack: the rest of the plumage, both above and below, iswholly covered with prettily freckled slender duskythreads, disposed transversely in close-set zigzag lines, ona pale ground, more or less shaded off with ash and brown,and deepest on the wing coverts. The primary quills arebrown, with dusky tips 5 the secondaries lead colour,tinged with brown, and slightly tipped with dull tail consists of twelve short feathers, of a darkbrownish ash, whic
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