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cause had kept her there, allowing us to 
@euesco mear: she: lad risen, moreover, in 
a manner that implied a nest. Yes, sure 
enough, amongst a few small sticks, arranged 
with no great care, in a slight hollow roughly 
banked up with still-wet weed and sand and 
mud, and shaded by the branches of a may 
tree overhead, we saw four light-buff eggs, 
tie tirst instalment o: her clutch, ‘or~else a 
second nest. 
And this her nest was a pochard’s home 
(and * Pochard Island’ was the name we gave 
the spot). How different this nest was to 
the neat oval structure, lined with feathers, 
of her sister duck, which we had found the 
other day. These birds, unlikein the present 
instance, construct a well made nest, conceal- 
ing itwithcare. The female lays from ten to 
twelve eggs, which are usually covered during 
incubation with down from the _ parents’ 
breasts. 
One island remained on which to try our 
luck. Again some carrion crows cawed out 
their views as we rowed up, and then fled 
