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to breed annually, and there are doubtless many other 
lakes throughout the county where the Tufted Duck nests 
undetected. 
The experiments in breeding various wild-fowl at Netherby, 
to which reference has already been made, extend to this 
species, and Sir Richard Graham writes me that he began to 
rear Tufted Duck there in 1908. Such experiments are 
bound to influence the status of the birds in the im- 
mediate vicinity. 
The photograph of the nest and eggs of this species 
reproduced in the accompanying plate is by Mr. D. Legard. 
The Tufted Duck nests but locaUy throughout Great 
Britain. It is found in summer in suitable locahties in 
temperate Europe and northern Asia; and in winter, 
over the rest of Europe, in Africa as far as Abyssinia, India,' 
Japan, China, etc. Between autumn and spring the numbers 
of residents in the British Isles are increased by continental 
migrants. 
THE SCAUP-DUCK. FuUgula marila (Lmnsaus). 
Local names— Scaup-Pochard ; Mussel-Teal; Blue- 
bill. 
A common winter-visitant to the Solway Firth. 
This species is seldom seen on inland waters, but it is plentiful 
off the coast from November until April, while occasional 
examples are to be seen throughout the summer. 
Sir William Jardine in 1843 writesof the ''Scaup Pochard": 
It arrives about the end of October and continues with 
us tm spring, frequenting the lower lying coasts of a soft or 
muddy character, and feeding on the smaller bivalves, which 
are generally found there in abundance. We have seen this 
duck only on the sea, perhaps entering the mouth or estuary 
