[No. 17. 



BIRD NAMES. 



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Female. Dark brown in those parts which are black in male, 

 though with front of head immediately around base of bill 

 white. The zigzag markings much less distinct. Bill less blue, 

 more dusky, and often with dull olive tinge. In other respects 

 resembling drake. 



No. 17. Female. 



"Total length about eighteen to twenty inches; extent 

 twenty-nine and a half to thirty-five inches." * 



Range, Xorth America in general ; " breeding far north " 

 (A. O. U. Check List). 



Concerning the edibleness of this and following species, No. 

 18, doctors disagree, as in many similar cases; quality of flesh 

 depending so much upon feeding-ground. My own experience 

 has led me to agree with "Wilson, that " their flesh is not of the 

 most delicate kind." 



AMERICAN SCAUP DUCK: GREATER SCAUP DUCK. "Scaup," 



* Having omitted to take measurements myself, I quote Water Birds of 

 North America (Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway). 



