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ANATIDiE. 
The eggs, which have been kindly sent me from his col¬ 
lection by Sir William Milner—one of which is figured 
in the plate—are smaller than those which have been 
given in the former editions of this work. They were 
taken by Mr. Henry Milner in Iceland, in 1846, on the 
islands of the lake Myvatn, where they were breeding, 
together with the scaup and Barrow's golden-eye. Mr. 
Milner says, “ I often found the three species breeding 
in one small island; they were in swarms, and were 
daily visited by a pair of Iceland falcons. The nests 
were all constructed in a similar manner, being chiefly 
composed of the down of the bird; they were much 
more abundant than either the common wild duck or the 
wigeon, both of which I found occasionally breeding. 
The eggs of the Long-tailed and scaup ducks, as well as 
Barrow s golden-eye, are much relished by the natives; 
I have myself partaken of them, and found them very 
good." 
