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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Subgenus FULVIGULA Stephens. 



(Male.) 



(Female.) 



AYTHYA MARILA NEARCTICA S/^j^k 

 American Scaup Duck. 



^' Adtilt jnale : Head and neck and upper breast black showing greenish reflections; back 

 grayish white dehcately hned with fine wavy lines of black, giving it a grayish appearance ; 

 speculum white ; under parts white, the lower belly showing grayish tinge. 



Length, 19; Wing, 8.50; Tarsus, 1.50; Bill, 2. 



Adtilt female : Patch at the base of the bill white or grayish white, rest of the head and 

 neck, breast and upper back brownish ; belly white : speculum white. 



Length, 17.75; Wing, 8.25 ; Tarsus, 1.30; Bill, 1.60. 



Species ranges throughout North America, breeding north of the United 

 States. It ranges in winter south to the Bahama Islands, and on the Atlan- 

 tic coast south to Florida, although it is not nearly as abundant in Southern 

 waters as A. m. affinis^ to which it is very closely allied. There are, ap- 



