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tata. This is a less bird than the Scaup Pochard, and rather 

 more gracefully formed. It is a winter visitor in Britain, 

 retreating, in common with the greatest number of those 

 which visit temperate climes, to more northern regions to 

 incubate. A few pairs breed among the inland waters of 

 Holland, and it has been known to breed in a state of cap- 

 tivity in our own country. The eggs, from eight to ten in 

 number, are less than those of the Scaup, but nearly resem- 

 ble them in colour. 



THE FERRUGINOUS DUCK, on WHITE-EYED POCHARD. 

 Fuligulaferrugmea. The White-eyed Duck, as this species 

 is also called, like some of the preceding birds, is also a 

 winter visitor, appearing chiefly in the southern division of 

 our island. Its chief breeding-stations do not appear to 

 have been discovered, but probably they are far north, or in 

 the north-eastern portions of the Asiatic continent. The 

 eggs of this bird have been received from Holland, and 

 Temminck says that the species breeds amongst the reeds 

 on the borders of large rivers and marshy districts, and that 

 it lays nine or ten eggs, which, we may add, are of a cream- 

 colour sometimes tinged with green. 



THE EED-HEADED POCHAED. Fuligula ferina. This is 

 again chiefly a winter visitor to our island, yet it has been 



