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white eggs, glossy, and somewhat less in size than those of 

 the velvet scoter. 



The Surf Scoter (Hvit-nackad Svarta, or White-naped 

 Black Duck, Sw. ; 0. perspicillata, Steph.) is scarce in 

 Scandinavia, and as it would seem, confined altogether to 

 the northern parts of the peninsula. " It breeds, though 

 very seldom," M. Malm informs us, " in Enare Lapmark." 

 It appears to he unknown in Denmark. Migrates. 



The Danish fauna includes the White-headed Scoter (0. 

 leucocephala, Steph.), which, Kjserbolling says, has bred in 

 one instance near the town of Schleswig. 



The Common Pochard, or Dun-Bird (Rod-halsad Dyk- 

 And, or Red-necked Diving-Duck, Sw. ; Fuligula ferina, 

 Steph.), was very scarce as well with us as on the coast, and 

 only seen during autumn and winter. It is also scarce in 

 other parts of Scandinavia ; about the most so, according to 

 Swedish naturalists, of all the ducks. M. von Wright, when 

 at Karesuando, in northern Lapland, was informed by trust- 

 worthy people, that it was occasionally found in that vicinity. 



It is common in Denmark during migration, and though 

 the more northern regions Iceland among the rest would 

 seem to be its proper home, some few breed annually in that 

 coun try. Migrates. 



The female makes her nest on a tussock amongst reed or 

 grass, lines it with down, and lays from nine to thirteen eggs, 

 of a yellow-grey colour, sometimes inclining to green. It is 

 said that the male does not trouble himself either about the 

 eggs or the young. 



The Western Pochard (Al-Forradare, or Betrayer of the 

 Long-tailed Hareld, Sw.; F. dispar, Steph.). This .beau- 

 tiful bird, whose proper home would appear to be the islands 



