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Anas ferina, Linn. Faun. Suec., p. 45.
ru/a, Gmel. edit. Linn. Syst. Nat., tom. i. p. 615.
Fuligula ferina, Steph. Cont. of Shaw’s Gen. Zool., vol. xii. p 19
Nyroca ferina, Flem. Phil, of Zool., vol. ii. p. 260.
Aythya ferina, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 564.
—■—— erythrocephala, Brehm, Yog. Deutschl., p. 919.
T h e Pochard, lik e so many h?; .. . 1
rather than a resident specie.' to live itkaam fei1
instances are but few in number, assd imwvf ac
visitant, arriving m aatana fes-sta-. mì$ » «jttswg afe
The numbers wfcWh !■■■:•-■■■■■■ afe ip&mé to iiwajwswo »»in «R
and e ve» here it m k*» «è*màtmts in the Wèstern porti««# thè
southern. Ir» Iceland it has been seldom observed, and is said te te msf* wjw
Sweden, and Lapland. Temininck gives as its habitat “ the north • i-4erafek « M - -
and the »>£ Geewmuy ; appears twice a year as a tpfefetifeK #M dfelNik
France; tPmÉlifeÉ w» it*®»«»« on the seas, -She lakes, and «i %
also found on the fgfefeW >4 Algeria; and Mr A
India, in small parties, generally «at the large*- sn é V&m
western provi iices tlian in Bengal- fo&m
period; but ljlr.Batnl and f&fawr
now known as A. «wmw?*«»*
As an artiele o f foorf »&« fka tha rd ranks among ike M &i' ^ »'«tier duck?* R
eweHeace ia |th » r*»pwu depends greatly npcm the i m «fee food of wiw:*:
time previoua| to its capture ; for, like ffejs* ^4-
is nearly allien), the flavour of Nfe few! * > ìv.ìì nucertain ; unite ».**• •*-
i--^ 4n- dejwripttep ;;>■■■ • -4 ■■• Ibt. Walker in the * •
|-]v i. <m*à .U:'- ■ v.i- ■ S*. : - i ' «U the moni) btut: iifr-tei
and »*> tlgfel i
ingly we fino p;:''
objects; at the saaw
borders o f which it fiads
both flavour amd tenderness to &* 0§sM
No bird is l etter adapted for the «ri
of its disposition ami the beauty of its MpfMgfàim, * ^ » * W * *
“ Although jliis -.iioUlviH'wti bird,” says Bwàànsw», “ truly io the
or ÉfefelMM U « ye* of those very few which fnsqttrw’
possesses. M * m > , « very decided aptitude for domestic«.»-,
a state of ualurr, and therefore easily procured, it is -
advantage if it s grounds conta» a piece o f fetor - ,
where its dux erity in diving m interest aud am •« at nr. It becomes very m
and we have cLlonel Montagu's MBfetóty for sayi«* S&» *> t e d appears sooner recoueiW
One that was in his possession, mat
three years’ ctlnfatwwnt was in big- ii.-rftt fe! <*rr m m ; * <*««« nevertheless have »ms » « * . u. water,
being unable «io « f t itself much on Mat tear i fackward position o f its legs and tlu st site of its
feet.
« In the British 'islands it is. then, most « temi - 1 in the fim* o f Lincolnshire and Norfolk. hot o f late years
the numbers have very consid erali dim»«K*i. and the majority o f those that are «
markets, where they an often called Dun t ed s , are procured by shooting. Mi. *■*» -ays that in
northern parts o f England, and'in Scotlan'i. it is somewhat rare. This lie nil e -. *
some particular food or item those districts In-ing out o f its migratory line ; we -- Mm- disposed, however