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B 2. Wig eon. Down large, darker brown than Pintail's, 

 pale centres, with long and conspicuous white tips. 

 Eggs about 2J inches long, pale cream colour 

 generally, with raised ridges visible on some 

 portion of the shell. (I had observed two before 

 in Scotland.) 



C 



C 1. Black Scoter. Down medium size, darkish brown 

 (darker than Pintail's, lighter than Wigeon's), centres 

 pale but conspicuous. 



Eggs over 2J inches long, pale cream colour. 

 C 2. Velvet Scoter. Down darker than either Pintail's 

 or Wigeon's, centres less conspicuous than Black 

 Scoter's. 



Eggs large, about 3 inches long, cream. 

 C 3. Scaup. Down large, dark brown with not very con- 

 spicuous pale centre, about the same as Velvet Scoter. 

 Eggs full 2J inches long, olive-grey. 

 Down darker than Velvet Scoter's. 



D 



D 1. Long-tailed Duck. Down small, darkish brown with 

 pale centre. 



Eggs fully 2 inches long, pale greenish-brown. 

 D 2. Shoveller. Down small, dark brown, with pale 

 centre, darker than Long-tailed Duck's. 



Eggs about 2j- inches long, greenish-grey. 

 D 3. Teal. Down small, very dark brown with pale 

 centre. 



Eggs about 1J inches long, generally pale cream 

 colour, sometimes pale greenish-grey. 



This afternoon the steamer went up to Kuja, and we 

 sent one of our men Little Feodor to buy the Swan's 

 head at Mikitza (or Mokutza), with full instructions, and 

 he seemed thoroughly to understand them all. 



