282 WILD-FOWL AND SEA-FOWL OF GREAT BRITAIN 



and half the neck, all the way round, rich orange 

 brown, lower part of the neck brownish-black. The 

 upper parts are very finely waved with dark grey 

 lines on a greyish-white ground ; the hind-part of the 

 back and upper tail coverts brownish-black ; the tail 

 greyish-brown. The primary quills are brownish- 

 grey, tipped with dusky brown ; the secondaries are 

 ash grey, edged with white ; the coverts are grey, 

 edged with whitish ; the breast is pale grey, the hind- 

 part of it and the sides being waved faintly like the 

 back ; the belly is greyish-brown, indistinctly waved, 

 and the feathers under the tail are blackish-brown. 

 Legs and feet are lead colour, and the webs black. 

 Length, from bill to tail, eighteen inches. 



FEMALE. Smaller. Bill, eyes, and feet coloured 

 like those of the male, but the blue band on bill 

 narrower. The head and the hind-part of neck 

 are brownish-red ; the fore-part of cheeks, a space 

 beneath and behind the eye, and the throat are 

 paler. Upper parts greyish-brown ; fore-part of back 

 waved with whitish ; tail greyish-brown. Lower part 

 of the neck and a part of the breast are also greyish- 

 brown, but the feathers of these are edged with 

 brownish-white. The middle of the breast is greyish- 

 white ; the flanks dusky ; and the belly grey brown. 



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THE SCAUP DUCK. 



(Fuligula marila.) 



MALE. The bill light lead colour, the nail nearly 

 black ; iris bright yellow. Head and upper half of 



