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seven, or eight in number. They are of a pale buff colour, and 

 sensibly less in size than those of the Pochard last named. 



TUFTED DUCK. 



This little Duck is known to breed near the head of the Bothnian 

 Gulf, as well as in other parts of Sweden, and in Lapland and 

 Russia. A few pairs also are seen nesting in Holland. It makes a 

 very slight nest of grasses and the like. The eggs are seven or 

 eight to ten in number, very similar in shade to those of the Scaup 

 Duck last mentioned, but much less in size, being only a little over 

 2 inches long, by less than 1^ in breadth. 



LONG-TAILED DUCK. 



It is known to breed in Iceland, and believed to do so in Norway. 

 It makes its nest among low brushwood and the herbage usual at or 

 near the margin of fresh water. A few stems of grass form the sub- 

 structure, on which is placed a plentiful lining of down. The eggs 

 are from six to twelve in number. They are of yellowish-white, 

 just tinged with green, and nearly 1\ inches long by \\ in breadth. 



GOLDEN EYE. 



This Duck seems to prefer wooded or forest districts for nesting 

 iu. It breeds in Lapland, Sweden, and Norway, and has such a 

 strong liking for a hole in a tree to nest in, that if suitable boxes 

 with an adequate entrance-hole are placed on the trees growing on 

 the banks of streams or lakes frequented by them, their eggs are 

 sure to be deposited therein, to the great profit of those who sus- 

 pend the boxes. Of course when it is known that a Duck hatches 

 its young iu a hole in a tree, the question must suggest itself — as it 



