SCAUP. 



SCAUP DUCK. SCAUP POCHARD. 

 PLATE CXCVII. FIG. II. 



Anas marila, . . . Pennant. Montagtt. 

 Fuligula marila, . . . Selby. Jentns. 

 Nyroca marila, . . . Fleming. 



The Scaup builds among the brushwood or other 

 vegetation that is found in swampy grounds or by 

 lakes, or in stony places near these. Very little nest 

 is formed, the materials, such as they are, being 

 dry grasses, stalks, and leaves, but the eggs are well 

 covered with down. 



They are, it is said, from five or six, to eight or 

 ten, in number, of a dull yellowish brown colour. 



The bird begins to lay in May. 



