PLATE I 

 TUFTED DUCK. Fuligula cristata 



May 2O//r, 1895. Kinross. This nest was taken on a low grassy island in 

 a loch in Kinross-shire. We found several nests, and saw the birds get up 

 from them. There were also a good many Shovelers breeding there. 



The Tufted Duck is very careful of her young, and on the approach of 

 danger will invariably lead them into the middle of the loch, where she tries 

 to conceal them by keeping them close up to her. 



Young in down are uniform dark brown, nearly white on the belly. 



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