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9. The Blue-winged Teal,* Anas Discors, and 

 10. The Shoveller, Anas Clypeata. 



The fifth genus, Fuligula, Sea Duck, contains sixteen species, 

 several of which are well known, and the two first prominent 

 above their race. They are — 



1. The Canvass Back Duck, Fuligula Valisneria ; 



2. The Red-headed Duck| — vulg. Red-head — Fuligula 

 Marina ; 



3. The Scaup Duck, Fuligula Marila ; 



4. The Ring-necked Duck, Tufted Duck, Fuligula Rufi- 

 torques ; 



5. The Ruddy Duck, Fuligula Rubida ; 



6. The Pied Duck, Fuligula Lahradora ; 



7. The Velvet Duck, Fuligula Fusca ; 



8. The Surf Duck, Fuligula Perspiculata ; 



9. The American Scoter, Fuligula Americana ; 



10. The Eider Duck, Fuligula Mollissxma ; 



11. The Golden-eye Duck, Fuligula Clangula ; 



12. The Buffel-headed Duck, Fuligula Albeola ; 



13. The Harlequin Duck, Fuligula Histrionica ; 



14. The Long-tailed Duck — vulg. South-southerly — Fu- 

 ligula Glacialis ; 



15. The King Duck, Fuligula Spectabilis ; and 



16. The Western Duck, Fuligula Dispar. 



The sixth genus, Mergus, Merganser, contains three well known 

 species, which, commonly shot and of rare beauty, are all nearly 

 worthless as articles of food, so rank and fishy is their flesh. 

 They are, as follows : 



1. The Goosander — vulg. Sheldrake — Mergus Merganser ; 



2. The Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus Serrator ; and 



3. The Hooded Merganser, Mergus Cucullatus. 



* I am not satisfied that this bird is not the same with the Gargany of Eu- 

 rope, Anas Querquedula, though the weight of authority leans the other way 

 t This is unquestionably the same with the European Pochard. 



