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BUDDY SHIELDEAKE. 



PLATE CLXXXIX. FIG. II. 



Anas rutila, BEWICK. 



Tadorna rut.ila, SELBT. 



THIS species builds in holes in river banks, those which have been 

 burrowed and deserted by animals, or such as are of natural formation. 



The nest is lined with feathers of the bird itself, the remainder 

 being any sorts of stalks and sticks. 



The eggs are white, and eight or nine or ten in number. They are 

 highly polished. 



The young are often carried to the water in the bill of the mother. 



For the loan of the egg figured on the plate, I have to thank 

 the Eev. H. B. Tristram, Perpetual Curate of Castle Eden. It was 

 received by him from Dr. Thieneman, who had procured it, with others, 

 from the Volga and the Caspian Sea. 



