PLATE LXXL 



La Tardone. Brif. Orn. 6. p. 344* 9. pi. 33. fig. 2. 



•#"#• Off' 9. />. 205. />/. 14.*— /7. *»/. 53. 



i*Wtf/z. at;. 172. 



Vulpanfer Tardone. yf/^r. tft'. 3. 71. 97. 



Jugas. i^zm. Suec. 



Bergander. Turneru 



Dam's, Brand-Gaas, Grav-Gaas. Norvegis, Ring-Gaas, Fager- 

 Gaas, Ur-Gaas, Bodbelte. Feroenfibus, Hav- 

 Simrtler. IJlandU^ Avekong.— Br. 47. Pennant, 



Kracht-Ente'. Frljch. 2. 166. 



This is a very elegant Bird : length two feet, weight two pounds 



two ounces. The female differs very little from the male, except 



that her colours are not fo bright. It is found in vaft quantities on 



feveral of our fea-coafts, and particularly about the rivers and lakes 



in Lancajhire and Fjpx, where it finds abundance of fmall fifh, 



marine infecls, &c. It breeds in holes that it digs in the earth, or 



in the deferted burrows of rabbits. The female lays from twelve 



to fixteen eggs, of a roundifh form and white colour. Thefe are 



depofited at the fartheft end of the hole, and are carefully covered 



with fine down, which the female fupplies from her bread. The old 



Bird is very careful of her little brood, and ufes many cunning ftra- 



tagems to draw the attention of any diflurber from her young : it is 



even faid that if fhe cannot favor their efcape from danger by that 



means, fhe will carry them away in her bill, or on her back. The 



time of fitting on the eggs is about thirty days. 



Some have attempted to domeflicate them by bringing them up 



under the common Duck $ but they do not thrive fo well as when 



3 th -7 



