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part of the neck is black, reflecting deep violet and green. Lov/er 

 part of the neck, posterior part of the back, the breast, and under 

 tail coverts pitch-black. Scapulars and interscapulars greyish-white, 

 rather coarsely undulated with black. Wings hair-brown, the pri- 

 maries paler in the middle ; the secondaries white, with brown tips ; 

 the tertiaries glossed with green ; and the lesser coverts and inner 

 tertiaries finely dotted or waved with white. Belly white, mixed 

 with grey posteriorly ; flanks pure white, the tips of the feathers 

 slightly undulated. Long axillaries and inner wing linings pure 

 white. Bill greyish-blue. Irids yellow. Legs blackish-brown. 



The female is somewhat smaller, with a wide white band round the 

 base of the bill, the remainder of the head and neck blackish-brown. 

 Lower part of the neck, breast and rump dark brown. Back and 

 scapulars waved with black and white aproximating zig-zag lines : 

 the flanks spotted and waved with brown. The iris dull yellow. 

 The young males in a general way resemble the females. 



RING-NECKED DUCK. 



(Fuligula rxijitorques, Bonap. Synops. No. 341. Rich, and Swains. 

 North. Zool. ii. p. 454. Tufted Duck, (Jlnas fuligula.) Wilson, 

 viii. p. 60. pi. 67. fig 5. Anas rufitorques, Bonap. Phil. Muse- 

 um, No. 2904.) 



Sp. Charact. — Speculum bluish-ash; chin white; a bluish-white 

 band across the bill : no crest. — Male black, belly white, the sides 

 waved with grey ; a chestnut collar on the neck. Female glossy- 

 brownish, face and belly white. 



The Ring'Necked Duck, allied to the Scaup more nearly 

 than to the Tufted Duck of Europe, is an exclusive, but not 

 uncommon inhabitant of North America, being frequently 

 seen in our fresh-water lakes, estuaries and rivers at the 

 commencement of winter, and many proceed, no doubt, 

 with others as far as the Southern States, before the arrival 

 of spring. They also breed in the remote fur countries of 

 Hudson's Bay, where they were seen by Dr. Richardson to 

 the extent of their range, and particularly in the Saskatche- 



