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of the Falkland Islands. 
some out-of-the-way valley that no one frequents; and this is 
the more remarkable, as the birds, when found in a stream or 
pond, are very tame. The complement of eggs is five. 
40. Querquedula versicolor (Vieill.). (Pampas Duck.) 
This bird is not common in East Falkland, occurring in but 
few places, but where found is generally seen in numbers. I 
have never been successful in finding a nest of this Duck, though 
I have had the young birds brought to me, and have no doubt 
that it breeds in the island. 
41. Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieill.). (Red Teal.) 
I am quite sure that a person might go out in East Falkland 
for a month, and not shoot—and even, perhaps, not see—a Red 
Teal, though at Mare Harbour I once, with a Gaucho, killed 
seven in one day. The bird is generally very wild, and far 
from common. I have never found its nest, but I have no doubt 
it breeds in the island, having seen it in pairs in the summer 
months. 
42. Micropterus cinereus (Gm.). (Loggerhead Duck.) 
This Duck, which is called the * Loggerhead’ in the Falkland 
Islands, frequents the salt water. The harbour of Stanley is full 
of them, as well as every other part of the coast. Like the Grey 
Duck, each pair has a certain district, where they take up their 
quarters, diving for shell-fish and whatever the tide throws up, 
and driving away any other of their species that may come 
within their bounds. Looking for the Loggerhead’s eggs, which 
are esteemed a great delicacy, is a great amusement to all the 
boys in Stanley. The way they are found is this:—wherever a 
male bird is seen by himself on the water during the breeding- 
season, the female will be found sitting somewhere in a line per¬ 
pendicular to the shore opposite to him, and generally not very 
far off. My dog once found seven nests, all with the bird on, 
in a small grass valley a short way from the beach at Mare 
Harbour, pointing to* them as steadily as he would to a Snipe. 
On being disturbed, it is quite amusing to see the old bird 
fluttering away towards the water; for it is quite unable to fly. 
This Duck lays from the end of September to the end of 
November, making its nest either in the long grass or bush of 
