508 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
Yarrell, quoting Hewitson, says the eggs are of a 
uniform clay-brown colour. 
Turrep Duck, Fuligula cristata. The Tufted 
Duck appears to make more frequent visits to our 
inland waters than any other of the diving Ducks, 
except perhaps the Pochard; as far as my own 
experience goes I have met with the present species 
in such situations much more frequently. About 
here, like the Pochard, it generally goes by the name 
of the “ Wigeon.” It is easily kept in confinement 
and is very conspicuous and ornamental; it has also 
been known to breed several times in confinement 
in the Zoological Gardens, though in a wild state it 
seems very rarely,if ever, to breed in any part of 
Britain. In a neighbouring pond a wild female 
Tufted Duck remained for a long time into the 
spring in company with two pinioned males, but did 
not remain to breed. 
Meyer says the nest is usually placed in a hollow 
on grassy ground, or under shelter of a stone or 
stump of a tree, or of some vegetable production, at 
a distance of from sixty to a hundred yards from the 
water: itis made of stalks and grasses carelessly put 
together. 
The food of the Tufted Duck, which is mostly 
obtained by diving, consists of shell-fish, small frogs 
and their spawn, aquatic insects and the roots, buds 
and seeds of aquatic plants. In confinement it will 
also eat grain, and both this bird and the Pochard 
