144. WOOD DUCK. 18 in. 



(Aix sponsa.) 

 Highly variegated; long, glossy crest showing green and 

 purple, marked by tM^o narrow white parallel lines cur\^ing 

 from bill and behind eye almost to end of crest; throat white 

 extending irregularly in two stripes, one up behind eye, the 

 other nearly around neck; breast glossy brown spotted 

 with white and set off on either side by a conspicuous white 

 stripe bordered with black; wings highly iridescent, marked 

 by green patch bordered with white. Female: duller, 

 less conspicuously marked; head brownish-gray, slightly 

 crested, greenish; throat and line extending from it around 

 base of bill, with space about eye, white. 



^ 146. REDHEAD. 20 in. 



(Marila americana.) 

 Ptiffy head and tipper part of neck and throat, bright 

 reddish-brown; breast and upper part of back with rump, 

 black; belly white; middle back and sides evenly and finely 

 waved black and white, which shows gray at a distance. Fe- 

 male: grayish-brown, almost white on throat; head brown; 

 lighter on neck. Canvas-back. 



148. AMERICAN SCAUP DUCK. 18^ in. 



(Mania marila.) 

 Similar to 149, but greenish on head; sides faintly barred; 

 guttural call; less frequent on fresh water than 140. Lesser 

 Scaup. 



149. LESSER SCAUP DUCK. 16 in. 



(Marila affmis.) 

 Head, neck and breast black, showing purple on head; 

 back black and white, narrowly barred; upper part of wing 

 dark, finely mottled with white; lower part of wing brownish- 

 black with small white patch; lower breast and belly white, 

 sides barred; bill, bluish tipped with black. Female: 

 black replaced by brown, lighter on head; white around 

 bill. Ring-necked Duck. Female, easily confused with 

 female Lesser Scaup. 



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