Class II. 



SCAUP DUCK. 



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Anas Marila. A. nigra, Ini- 

 ineris cincreo-undulaUs, ab- 

 domine spcciilotiue alari al- 

 bis. {Mas.) Lath. bid. urn. 

 863. id. Syn. vi. 500. id. 

 Sup. ii. 351. id. Lin. Tr. 

 iv. 113. fab. U. Jig.3. 4. 



Anas Marila. A. fusco-ferru- 

 ginca, spcculo alarum abdo- 

 minc capitisqvie annulo ad 

 rostri basin albis. (Femina.) 

 Lath. hid. orn. 863. 



BoUenten. Gesnerav. 120. 



Scaup Duck. JVil. orn. 3Qb. 



Rati Syn. av. 142. 



Anas marila. Gm. Lin. 56p. 



Faun. Slice, sp. 111. 



Lc petit Morillon rayc. Bris- 



son av. vi. 41 6. 

 Lc Millouinan. PL Enl. 1002.? 

 Danis Polsk Edelmand. Brun- 



nich, 50, 5 1 . 

 Schwartzc wildc Entc. Friscli, 



ii. Ip3. 

 Br. Zool. 153. add. plates. 



Arct. Zool. ii. 290. 



14. Scaup. 



XHIS \vr described iVoin some stuft skins 

 very well preserved.* It, seemed less than the 

 common duck. | The bill Avas broad, Hat, and 

 of a greyish blue color; the head and neck 

 black glossed with green; the breast black; 

 the back, the coverts of the wings, and the 

 scapulars finely marked with numerous narrow 

 transverse bars of black and grey ; the greater 

 quil feathers dusky ; the lesser white, tipt with 

 black ; the belly white ; the tail and feathers, 



Drscrip- 



TION. 



* When this liappens, wo have recourse to Mr. Ifilbtfrkhy 

 for the weight and uieasua-mcats, whenever he hath noted 

 them. 



t Mr. Montagu says, its length is about twenty-one inches, 

 and its weight occasionally thirty-five ounces. Ed. 



