CHAPTER XXVII. 



SCAUP-DUCK (fULIGULA MARILA). « 



Local names, "BluebiU," " Broad-biU," "Black-head," and 

 " Black-Jaok." 



AduCt male : Bill as long as the head, deeper 

 than broad at the base, enlarged and flattened 

 towards the end, which is rounded ; the frontal 

 angles narrow and pointed. 



Head of moderate size. Eyes small. Neck of 

 moderate length, rather -thick. Body compara- 

 tively short, compact, 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 longest, the second very little shorter, 

 the rest rapidly graduated; secondary broad and 

 rounded, the inner elongated and tapering. Tail 

 very short, much rounded, of fourteen feathers. 



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