SCOTER. 



COMMON SCOTER. BLACK SCOTER. 



PLATE CXCIV. FIG. I. 



Anas nigra, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Oidemia nigra, FLEMING. SELBT. 



THE nest of this Duck is described as being placed by the side of 

 water in the most unfrequented situations, often far inland among 

 brushwood or on stony ground; and made of grasses, twigs, and the 

 dry leaves and stalks of plants, under the shelter of a willow or birch, 

 or in a tuft of herbage, the down of the bird itself being made use 

 of for lining. 



After the female has laid, the male birds collect together in flocks, 

 and repair to the coast. 



The eggs are from five or six, to seven or eight, or nine, in 

 number; Thieneman says as many as ten, of a pale buff colour, 

 tinged with green. 



