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headed, blue-billed drake,—and see how dead you can 
kill him; then swing your gun quickly, catch his mate, 
and you will feel more pleased at these two birds killed 
cleanly and prettily, than if you had killed half a dozen 
sitting on the water. 
Nos. 6, 7 or 8 is the proper size of shot. No. 6 in 
flight, the other sizes over decoys. 
SCAUP—DUCK. 
(Fuligula Marila) 
“ Blue Bill,” “ Black Head,” *“ Broad Bill.” 
Adult Male.—Bill as long as the head, broad at the 
base, and large and flattened toward the end, which is 
rounded; the frontal angles narrow and pointed. 
Head of moderate size; eyes small; neck of moderate 
length, rather thick; body comparatively short, com- 
pact and depressed; wings small; feet very short, 
strong, placed rather far behind; tarsus very short, 
compressed ; plumage dense, soft, blended ; feathers of 
the head and neck short and velvety, those of the hind 
head a little elongated ; wings shortish, narrow, pointed ; 
primary quills curved, strong, tapering, the first long- 
est, second very little shorter, the rest rapidly gradu- 
ated; secondary, broad and rounded, the inner elon- 
gated and tapering; tail very short, much rounded, of 
14 feathers; bill, light grayish blue; the ungins, black- 
ish ; iris, yellow ; feet, grayish blue ; the webs and claws, 
black; the head, the whole neck and fore part of the 
back and breast, black ; the head and neck glossed with 
purple and green, the rest tinged with brown; hind 
