ON THE BREEDING-PLACES OF 

 TWO MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH ANATID^. 



By Mr. G. D. ROWLEY. 



(Plate ex.) 



ANAS FULIGULA. The Tufted Duck. 



The woodcut which illustrates this article is copied from a photograph sent 

 to me by Mr. Whitaker, whose communication on the subject appeared in 

 'The Field,' May 19, 1877 :— 



" Tufted Duck breeding in Nottinghamshire. 



"Judging from the numerous letters which have appeared in 'The 

 Field ' lately on wildfowl breeding in England, it seems to be considered 

 rather a rare event for the Tufted Duck to be found nesting in this country. 

 Mr. Harting, in his very interesting paper on wildfowl last week, mentions 

 a few counties in which they breedj and, amongst other localities, names some 

 in Nottinghamshire. 



" Now, so far as my own experience goes, it is not at all an uncommon 

 event for this Duck to stay and nest in Nottinghamshire, at least in this 

 neighbourhood. At the present time, within a mile of where T am sitting. 



