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a piece of water a few miles from Scarborough, and 

 that he was going the next day to see if he could 

 find their nests. I had the pleasure of accompanying 

 him, and, sure enough, several pairs of pochards flew 

 up from their reedy habitations as we passed our 

 boat up amongst the tufts of grass and long reeds, 

 which at one end of the lake form a bog of many 

 acres in extent, almost inaccessible, for between these 

 tufts of treacherous grass the water is some feet deep. 

 Is was with the greatest difficulty we managed to jump 

 from one of these tufts to another. While beating 

 about amongst this herbage, a female pochard flew 

 up almost close to us, and in a short time the game- 

 keeper, who was with us, found a nest lined with 

 feathers, and rather under the shade of a bush of 

 Myrica gale, which grows plentifully in this bog. I 

 had the pleasure of seeing the nest, but unfortunately 

 there were no eggs. After trying in vain to find 

 another nest, we marked the spot, and left. Mr. 

 Bean returned in a few days, and found eggs in this 

 and another nest very near it, from which the one I 

 sent you was taken." 



The Red-crested Pochard, a still more beautiful 

 species, is likewise a bird of the fresh-water lakes, but 

 is an accidental visitor, as are the Tufted and the 

 White-eyed Ducks. 



The Long-tailed Duck (Anas glacialis) is a winter 

 visitor in considerable numbers ; it frequents the sea- 

 shore and estuaries of rivers. 



The Scaup Duck (Anas marila) was discovered by 

 Mr. Selby, with a young one, on a small loch in Suther- 

 landshire ; proving that it breeds there. 



