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and wings ; the head red, with the feathers at the 

 top of it elevated into a crest ; the bill red. This 

 species inhabits the shores of the Caspian, and is 

 sometimes carried by the wind as far as this part of 

 Europe. The trachea has two successive enlarge- 

 ments, besides the capsule of the bifurcation. 



Scaup Duck. An. Mariluy Lin. Enl. 1002. Brit. 

 Zool. Q. Wilson Am. viij. 69, 3. Naum. 59, f. 

 90. The female, An. Frcenata, Mus. Carl. 38. 

 Naum. 59, f 90, B. 



Ashy, striated with black; head and neck, black, 

 changing into green ; rump, and tail, black; belly, 

 and wing-spots, white ; bill, lead-colour. They 

 sometimes visit us in small flocks, from the interior of 

 Siberia. The trachea, which is at first very large, 

 becomes narrower as it proceeds. 



Female White-faced Duck, Sow. Miss. t. 62. A. 

 Marilla, Boie. 



Nyroca Duck. An. Nyroca. Gm. An. Leucoph- 

 talmosy Bech. The female An. AfricanOy Gm. 

 Enl. 1000. Naum. 1, c. 39, f 89. 



Brown, with the head and neck red ; a white spot on 

 the wings, and the belly whitish ; a brown collar at 

 the bottom of the neck of the male. Builds in 

 north of Germany, and seldom visits France. The 

 trachea is enlarged in the middle. 



