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ANATIDiE. 
NA TA TORES. 
ANAT1DJE. 
TUFTED DUCK. 
Fuligula ceistata. 
plate cxvrir. FIG. III. 
I had tlie following brief notice relative to this species, 
together with the egg from which the figure in the former 
Edition was made, from the late Mr. Hoy, who met with 
it on the Continent:— 
“ A very few pairs of the Tufted Duck are scattered 
during the breeding-season among the inland waters of 
Holland, and breed on their borders amongst the thick 
cover which generally skirts them. They lay from eight 
to ten eggs. The great body of these birds certainly 
leave for northern countries, a few only remaining in 
temperate climates, in some favourable localities/' 
Mr. Dann says that this species breeds in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of Lulea, on the Gulf of Bothnia. 
I have always placed explicit confidence in all Mr. Hoy's 
information. The egg which I now figure from Mr. Wol- 
ley is very different from the egg sent by Mr. Hoy, and 
I think that he must have been in error on this occasion. 
