FERRUGINOUS DUCK.— SCAUP DUCK. 353 



(vol. ii. p. 272), published in 181.2: — ''The description of 

 this species was sent to us by Mr. Bolton " ; and after 

 giving this he further states : '' This species he informed us 

 was killed in Lincolnshire ; we do not find it mentioned by 

 any writer except Linnaeus^ who took his description from 

 Rudbeck^s paintings, and adds that it is found, though 

 rarely, in the Swedish rivers." 



Temminck says that it breeds among reeds, on the borders 

 of large rivers and marshy districts. Mr. Green states that 

 he received the eggs from Holland. (See Hewitson, vol. ii. 

 p. 4.25, ed. 3.) 



SCAUP DUCK. 



Fuligula marila. 



This Duck arrives on our shores in October, leaving again 

 early in April. It is exclusively a sea-frequenting species, 

 never coming inland, or into the estuaries, unless wounded, 

 or driven in by stress of weather. It is found in small 

 numbers all along the coast, wherever the water is shallow, 

 but occasionally flocks of several hundred are met with in 

 the Channel, many miles from the land. This Du(?k feeds 

 on marine vegetable matters and shell-fish, especially mus- 

 sels, the vast beds of which being called in the northern 

 counties scaups, has given rise to the name. The large 

 flocks are generally difiicult of access, but when in small 

 parties they are much easier to approach within shot. The 

 Scaup swims very low in the water, showing nothing but the 

 back, head, and neck above the surface, and is a very expert 

 diver. It does not breed in Sussex, but retires into the far 

 north. 



In Yarrell (B. B. vol. iv. p. 426) may be found the fol- 



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