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Identifier: birdsofbritain00bonh (find matches)
Title: Birds of Britain
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Bonhote, J. Lewis (John Lewis), 1875-1922 Dresser, Henry Eeles, 1838-1915
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain
Publisher: London, A. and C. Black
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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occurred inthis country at long intervals. It may be distinguishedfrom our Wigeon by the forehead and crown being dullwhite, the cheeks and neck whitish, speckled with brown,and a green stripe passing backwards from the eye. Thefemale has the head and neck yellowish white, speckledwith black. Length 19 in. ; wimr 10*25 in. THE RED-CRESTED POCHARD Netta rufina (Pallas) The Eed-crested Pochard, whose nesting home is inSouth-Eastern Europe, though it also nests sparingly in theEhone delta and Spain, is only a rare straggler to theseislands, and most of the examples have been obtained inNorfolk, where as recently as last year, 1906, a flock of eightappeared, and needless to say were soon all shot. It is a much larger bird than the Common Pochard, andmay be distinguished by its rufous crest, red bill, and legs,though differing also in many other particulars. There aresixteen tail feathers instead of fourteen as in the genusFuligula. Length 22 in.; wing 10*5 in. 252 WIGEON Mareca pen elope
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The Common PochardTHE COMMON POCHARD Fuligula ferina (Linnaeus) With this and the preceding species we come to thesecond division of the Ducks, which are known as DivingDucks, in contradistinction to the others which are knownas surface-feeders, although quite capable, when alarmed,of diving. Diving Ducks may be recognised by having thelegs placed further back on the body, thus rendering theirprogress on land rather difficult, and by the hind toe beinglobed. The Pochard is chiefly a winter visitor to our shores,occurring not uncommonly in most seasons, but being insome years much more numerous than in others. It chieflyfrequents the sea-coasts, feeding on Crustacea, molluscs, anda certain amount of marine or aquatic weeds, which itprocures almost entirely by diving, but it is by no meansexclusively confined to such localities, and is frequently metwith on inland waters, provided they are of sufficient size.In spring the majority leave us for their breeding haunts onthe Continent, but

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