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in this manner ; for when once they strike 
against the net, they never attempt to re- 
turn, but flutter down the net till they are 
received into the pit, from whence they 
cannot rise, and thus we are told twenty 
dozen have been taken at one catch." 
BufFon says that the cry of the Pochard 
resembles more the hollow hiss of a large 
serpent than the voice of a bird. 
It has been doubted whether any of this 
species remain with us after the time of the 
vernal migration to the North. We are 
assured by Mr. Smith of Diss, that he has 
seen both sexes of the Pochard during the 
breeding season on Scoulton Mere, and 
that he found their nest and took the eggs, 
some of which are at this time in his collec-? 
tion. A female bird was shot in Norfolk 
on the 14th of July, 1818, so that it ap-? 
pears certain that a few, ^t least, remains 
with us the whole year. 
The trachea somewhat resembles the 
Bunie part of the Scaup Duck (see plate.] 
