LONG-TAILED DUCK. 
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NAT A TORES. 
ANATIDM. 
LONG-TAILED DUCK. 
Fuligula glacialis. 
PLATE CXVITI. FIG. I. 
We met with this species in Norway in considerable 
numbers, and although those which were shot and dis¬ 
sected had every appearance of being shortly about to 
breed, they were still always in flocks, roving from place 
to place, and apparently yet unattached to any particular 
locality, sometimes sweeping past within a few yards of 
us with great rapidity, uttering their strikingly wild, 
musical, and most interesting cries. Mr. Dann also saw 
them during the whole summer, and in various parts of 
Norway, but was unable to find their eggs. 
Eggs of this species were brought from Iceland by 
Mr. G. C. Atkinson, who found a nest near the margin 
of a small lake; it was lined with down, and contained 
six eggs. 
Mr. Proctor, who was with Mr. Atkinson, and has since 
explored that country in search of birds, tells me that this 
species is there common; that it makes its nest amongst 
low brushwood and aquatic plants at the edge of the fresh 
water; that it is formed of a few stems of grass and reeds, 
well lined with down, and usually contains from six to 
ten eggs, although, in one instance, there were twelve in 
number. 
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