119. THE SCAUP DUCK. 



Fuligida marila^ (Linnaeus). 



Outer primaries with the outer web 

 much darker than the inner ; inner 

 primaries with the outer web white, 

 or much paler than the inner. 



Axillaries white, or white mottled with 

 brown at the tip. 



Head not crested. 



Bill uniform bluish, with only the nail 

 black. 



MALE : — Head, glossy black; back and 

 scapulars regularly and distinctly ver- 

 miculated with black and grey. 



FEMALE : — Head, reddish brown ; with 

 a band of white or pale rufous, quite 

 half an inch broad, encircling the base 

 of the bill. 



Vernacular Names :— None known. 



The Scaup Duck is probably a rare winter 

 visitor, and there are but few records of its 

 occurrence in India. 



Mr. Hume mentions having two speci- 

 mens of this Duck in his collection, from 

 Kashmir, but neither is now in the Hume 

 Collection. Mr. A. G. Young informed 



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