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not invariably make her nest close to the 
water, on the ground : many instances are 
recorded of her depositing her eggs at a 
considerable height. One mentioned by 
Mr. Tunstall, at Etchingham, in Sussex, 
was found sitting upon nine eggs on an 
oak tree at a distance of twenty five feet 
from the earth. Montagu mentions an in- 
stance of a half-domesticated Duck making 
its nest in Rumford Tower, hatching her 
.young, and carrying them in safety to a 
piece of water at a considerable distance. 
The same author says that " we recollect 
the nest of this bird being found in the 
head of an old pollard willow impending 
the water, from whence the young might 
readily drop unhurt into their natural ele- 
ments The author of the Rural Sports 
says that " the Gamekeepers of Mr. Eyre, 
of Passop, Derbyshire, in 1801, observed a 
wild Duck fly out of a large Oak, in which , 
the year preceding, there was a Hawk's 
nest ; upon examining, the nest was found 
in complete repair, and contained two 
Eggs, recently laid by the Duck in it." 
The following is copied from the Sporting 
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