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as breeding about the mere at Scarborough, and has also been stated to nest 
occasionally in one or two places in Norfolk. 
261. SCAUP DUCK. 
This Duck has also been known as breeding very incidentally in this coun- 
try, but its almost unbroken habit is to return to such countries as Iceland, 
the swampy lake-district north of the Gulf of Bothnia, and some parts of 
Norway, for nesting purposes. It sometimes makes its nest in what may be 
almost called the usual site for the nests of Ducks,and sometimes upon the 
stones and shingle at the edge of sheets of fresh water. The nest is very 
thin and slightly formed, but well lined with down, and the eggs seem to be 
six, seven, or eight in number, They are of a pale buff colour, and sensibly 
less in size than those of the Pochard last named. 
262. TUFTED DUCK. 
This little Duck is known to breed near the head of the Bothnian Gulf, as 
well as in other parts of Sweden, andin Lapland and Russia. A few pairs 
also are seen nesting in Holland. It makes a very slight nest of grasses and 
the like. The eggs are seven or eight to ten in number, very similar in 
shade to those of the Scaup Duck last mentioned, but much less in size, 
being only a little over 2 inches long, by less than 1% in breadth. 
263. LONG-TAILED DUCK. 
It is known to breed in Iceland, and believed to do so in Norway. It 
makes its nest among low brushwoou and the herbage usual at or near the 
margin of fresh water. A few stems of grass form the substructure, on which 
is placed a plentiful lining of down. The eggs are from six to twelve in 
number, They are of yellowish-white, just tinged with green, and nearly 
2% inches long by 1% in breadth. 
265. GOLDEN EYE. 
‘his Duck seems to prefer wooded or forest districts for nesting in. It 
breeds in Lapland, Sweden and Norway, and has such a strong liking for a 
hole in a tree to nest in, that if suitable boxes with an adequate entrance- 
