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among the thick herbage commonly growing near the edge of pieces of fresh 
water; the nest being made of the same, but dry, and lined with down. 
The eggs are six to eight or nine in number, and are of a light greenish 
white colour, and about the same size as those of the Wild Duck proper. 
255. VELVET SCOTER. 
This Sea Duck is found in Russia, Norway, the Faroe Islands, and also in 
Iceland. Mr. Audubon’s account of its nest and eggs is as follows :—‘ The 
nests are placed within a few feet of the borders of small lakes, a mile or two 
from the sea, and usually under the low boughs of the bushes, of the twigs 
of which, with mosses and various plants matted together, they are formed 
They are large and almost flat, several inches thick, with some feathers of 
the female, but no down, under the eggs, which are usually six in number, 
23 inches in length, by 13 in breadth, of an uniform pale cream colour, 
tinged with green.” 
’ 256. COMMON SCOTER. 
a breeds, but not very numeronsly, in Iceland ; but is seen nesting in com- 
pany with the Velvet Scoter, in Scandinavia, rather more commonly. It 
makes a nest of any available vegetable substance, such as grasses, twigs, 
leaves, dry stalks; it is lined with down, and placed under the partial cover 
or concealment afforded by low shrubs or other plants. The eggs are six or 
seven to ten in number, of a pale buff colour slightly tinged with green, 2 
inches long by 12 broad. After the eggs are laid, the males assemble in large 
flocks and draw towards the coast. 
259. POCHARD. 
The breeding-haunt of this bird seems to be more to the eastward than 
the mojority of those hitherto named. It is said to be abundant in Russia 
and in the north of Germany, and is very commonly found in the Fur-coun- 
tries in America during the breeding-season. A few also breed on the 
oorders of the Meres in Holland. The nest is similar in site and materials 
to those of fhe Wild Duck and other Ducks, and the eggs sometimes reach 
the number of twelve. They are of a greenish buff colour, 2 inches in 
length, by 1$in breadth, The Pochard was discovered, several years since 
