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Title: An illustrated manual of British birds
Identifier: cu31924000047815 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Gurney and Jackson
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE COMMON POCHARD. FuLfcuLA ferIna (Linnjeus). This species is also known by the names " Red-headed Poker " or " Red-eyed Poker " in the case of the male, while that of " Dun-bird " is usually, but not exclusively, bestowed upon the female or the young. The Pochard is in the main a cold-weather visitor to England, though very irregular both as regards numbers and localities. It usually appears early in October and leaves again in spring; but a good many now remain to breed on some of'diif inland waters, where, owing to efficient protection, they have increased of late. Such is the case at Merton and in other parts of Norfolk, at Hornsea Mere in Yorkshire, in Lancashire, Dorsetshire, Hertfordshire, and some localities which need not be named. In Scotland this species is generally distributed, except in the Outer Hebrides, though it breeds in Tiree; and it nests in Ross, Moray, Perthshire, Fifeshire, Roxburghshire, and in the Orkneys; visiting the Shetlands. In Ireland it is widely distributed over inland waters in winter, and there is evidence that it has nested in many counties. The Pochard is only a wanderer to the Fasroes and Iceland, while it is not common in any part of Scandinavia; but in Russia it breeds as far north as Lake Ladoga, and southward to the Caspian.

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