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4. A different nest in an open situation ; the duck 



incubating. 



5. Two Ducks sitting on the same nest and trying to 



hatch out their (presumably) joint "laying" of 



P O" ore 



6. A second instance of the same thing. 



VI. Tufted Duck. (Fuligula fuligula.) 



1. Nest containing eleven eggs. 



2. Female on the nest. 



VII. Common Pochard. (Fuligula ferina.) 



1 . Nest containing twelve eggs. 



2. Female on the nest, unsuspicious. 



3. The same, in a state of alarm. 



4. A different nest and a confiding bird. 



5. Ditto, front view. 



VIII. Shoveler. (Spatula clypeata.) 



1. Nest containing eleven eggs placed in very long 



grass. 



2. Site of the nest as left by the female bird after 



covering up the eggs. 

 3 & 4. Duck on her nest, the head and neck only being 



visible. 

 5. Showing how the mother had drawn the surrounding 



grass-blades around her after settling down on the 



nest. 



IX. Great Crested Grebe. (Podicipes cristatus.) 



1 . Nest containing four eggs near the edge of reed-bed. 



The nest was not made of broken reed-stems. 



2. Grebe on its nest in a thin reed-bed. This nest was 



made of broken reed-stems. 



3. Hiding-screen used in photographing the birds. 

 4-6. "The Lady of the Lake," side views and full-face 



portrait. 



7. Paddling up to the edge of the nest. 



