SCAUP. 



FULIGULA M ARIL A (Linn.). 



Anas marila, Linn. S. N. i. p. 196 (1766) ; Naum. xii. p. 88. 

 Fuligula marila, Macg. v. p. 116; Heivitson, ii. p. 426; 

 Yarr. ed. 4, iv. p. 423 ; Dresser, vi. p. 565. 



Canard milouinan, French ; Berg-Ente, German. 



This is a northern breeding species which visits our 

 coasts, occasionally in large numbers, generally late in 

 autumn. It is a true sea-duck, and is rarely found on 

 our inland fresh waters except in severe weather. In 

 Iceland the Scaup is exceedingly common in the 

 breeding-season, nesting in numbers on the shores and 

 islands of many of the freshwater lakes. 



This bird obtains its food almost entirely by diving, 

 and is perfectly worthless for the table. The only part 

 of the Mediterranean in which I have met with this 

 species in any abundance was on the coast of Tunis ; 

 but it occurs occasionally in all parts of that Sea, more 

 commonly in the eastern than in the western portions. 



