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SCOTER. 



COMMON SCOTER. BLACK SCOTER. 

 PLATE CXCIV. FIGURE I. 



Anas nigra, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Oidemia nigra, FLEMING. SELBY. 



ri ^HE 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 dry 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 

 a pale buff colour, tinged with green. 



