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The description of the nest, as given by various writers, differs greatly: 
one says it is a scanty affair of grasses and weeds, &c., without any 
down in it at all—a rare thing this with ducks’ nests—whilst others say 
that the nest, though of few materials and very roughly formed, is yet 
well lined with down and feathers, not only enough to form the lining 
itself, but sufficient to make a bed in which the eggs lie quite 
covered, 
Its position also seems to vary very much: as a rule, it is placed close 
to water in a depression under cover of some sort, or else in amongst 
- fairly dense vegetation. At other times—this it appears but rarely—in 
a hole in the ground, and sometimes in the open amongst stones where 
there is no cover. In the latter case, no doubt, it is in the bleaker parts 
where vegetation close to water is scant, and where also there is not 
much to interfere with the birds and their breeding arrangements. 
According to Dresser, “ Not unfrequently several females deposit their 
egos in the same nest ; and Dr. Kruper states that in Iceland he once 
found twenty-two eggs in one nest. The eggs are deposited from the 
early part of June to the middle of July; and when the female com- 
mences to incubate, she sits very close, not leaving the nest until the 
intruder is close to it. I possess a nest and seven eggs of this duck, 
taken by Mr. Meves in Oland, on the 5th July, 1871. The nest con= 
sists only of grasses without any down as lining ; and the eggs are 
uniform greyish stone-buff in colour, and vary in size from 2°45 by 1°67 
to 2°5 by 1°77 inches.” 
The only eggs I have ever seen were taken in Iceland on the 10th 
June, these are a dull café-au-lait, with a grey tinge. In shape they 
are rather broad, very regular ovals, and the texture of the egg ismuch 
like that of Nyroca africana, but not, I think, quite so soft or porous. 
There is no gloss. Dr. Paul Leverkhiin informs me that Mr, -Baer, 
of Neisse in Silesia, found the Scaup breeding in Germany. Previously 
it had only been known to visit Germany in winter. Dr. Leverkhiin 
himself obtained many specimens on the coast of the Baltic Sea. 
(35.) FULIGULA FULIGULA. 
The Crested Pochard or Tufted Pochard. 
Fuligula cristata.—Jerdon, “ Birds of India,” IIT, p. 815; Butler, 
“Str. Feath.,” IV, p. 31 ; ad., ibed, p. 284; Ball, cbed, VII, p. 232.5 
Hume, ‘bid, p. 496 ; zd, Cat., No. 971; Hume and Marshall, Game 
