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The Tufted Scaup is not often procurable, the market 
value being about 3cs. to 35s. a couple. 
Male.—Head (which is furnished with a long pendant 
crest), neck, and breast glossy violet black ; upper body, wings, 
and tail brownish black; under parts pure white; wing-bar 
white; eye bright yellow; bill and legs bluish-black. In 
summer plumage, brown ; white parts yellowish. 
Female.—Reddish-brown ; crest small ; breast yellowish- 
white ; wing-bar white ; legs and feet greyish-black, paler than in 
the male; bill brownish-black, the adjacent feathers yellowish ; 
eye yellow. 
Young.—In down, dingy black. First feathers resemble 
the female ; head dark brown, without crest at first ; upper 
part of breast brown, white below ; whitish feathers at base of 
bill ; wing-bar indistinct. 
Egg.—Buff, very round; eight to thirteen in number. 
May—June. Incubation, twenty-one to twenty-four days. 
Nest Down.—“Greyish-black, without pale tips, obscure 
pale centres. Smaller and darker than that of Pochard” 
(Seebohm). 
NEW ZEALAND SCAUP-DUCK. 
(Fuligula nove sealandia). 
I am indebted to Sir Walter Buller’s work for the slight 
information offered on the subject of this rare bird, which is 
stated to be freely distributed over New Zealand, frequenting 
inland lakes and rivers in parties of four and five. It is weak 
on the wing, but an expert diver; being very fearless and 
easily tamed, it would be acceptable to the fanciers of this 
country. The nest of grass lined with down, is placed almost 
