or 
on 
ANAS BOSCAS. 
[§ 5600. Zhree.—Elveden, 1851. (Half domesticated.) | 
[§ 5601. One.—Elveden, 1854. “E. N.”’] 
[§ 5602. Zwo.—Feltwell, Norfolk, 15 June, 1855. “Saw 
bird] “BNE 
L$ 5603. Zwo.—Unst, Shetland, 1857. From Mr. James 
Smith. | 
[§ 5604. One.—Elveden, 1 May, 1860. “A. N.” 
From a nest of nine shewn to me on the Red-neck Heath by a shepherd’s 
boy. It is quite possible that the Duck may have been one that we had 
ourselyes bred, but her building so far off as this heath must have been wholly 
a matter of choice. The nest was on a slightly elevated mound, so that the 
bird could see with perfect ease all that was going on around her, and with 
very little thin ling growing near it. William Howlett was with his son 
when the nest was found by them, and the bird first ran off and then flew, as 
she did afterwards when I went there, leaving her eges uncovered. The boy 
told me he had seen her once or twice out on the adjoining layer, feeding towards 
evening, and had once seen her and her mate fly over and round. I never 
saw a Wild Duck’s nest so far from the water as this, but I remember being 
told by-an old shepherd of another one on this very heath. ] 
[§ 5605. Oxze.—* South Russia.” From Herr A. Heinke, of 
Kamuschin, through Dr. Albert Giinther, 1863. ] 
[§ 5606. Zwo.—Coon Lake, Iowa, 29 May, 1860. From 
Dr. Heermann, 1861.| 
[§ 5607. One.—Fort Yukon, June, 1861. From the Smith« 
sonian Institution, through Professor Baird, 1863. 
According to the Professor, this was obtained by Mr. Lockhart (§ 5743), 
aud the Smithsonian number of the female bird, presumably shot from 
the nest, is 27777. ] 
