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tions of rice. A gentleman with whom we corresponded 

 respecting it, writes, " 1 have received the eggs from Hud- 

 son's Bay, on the shores of which the bird is common/' It 

 is of very rare occurrence in the British Islands. 



THE SCAUP POCHARD OR SCAUP DUCK. Fuligula Ges- 

 neri. The Scaup is a regular winter visitant to Britain, 

 frequenting coasts of a soft or muddy character, and feeding 

 on the smaller bivalves, which are generally found there in 

 abundance. It breeds in Iceland and other northern parts, 

 and may perhaps occasionally breed in the northern parts of 

 the British Islands. In Iceland it is a common bird, ma- 

 king its nest among the thick herbage or upon the bare 

 stones by the edge of the fresh- water lochs. The nest is 

 externally of slight construction, being formed of stems of 

 grass, but is thickly lined with down. The eggs, from five 

 to eight in number, are of a dull yellowish-white. 



THE AMERICAN SCAUP. Fuligula mariloides. A single 

 example of this species occurred some years since in Leaden- 

 hall market, upon the appearance of which, we believe, its 

 claim to be accounted a British species depends. We are 

 not at present able to furnish the information we could 

 desire upon its nidification. 



THE TUFTED POCHARD OR TUFTED DUCK. Fuligula cris- 



