358 Pictures of Bird Life 



convinced the Duck's nest was there, notwithstanding our 

 faihu'e to discover it, we went round again ; and this time 



with better success, for J at last found it right under the 



stem of the boat. If we had driven her ashore a httle 

 farther, Ave must have smashed everv e^g. The nest was 



Nest of Coot [Ftilica atra). 



quite concealed imder a tuft of dry grass, and contained 

 eight eggs, with Aery little doAvn. For the size of tlie 

 Tufted Duck, her eggs are distinctly large — appreciably 

 larger than the eggs of the Pintail avc liad found but a 

 fcAV Aveeks before together in Jutland, though the Pintail 

 must be a far heavier bird. 



