218 DIVING ducks; 



upon shellfish, crustaceans, &c. Like marine Ducks 

 generally, the Scaup is an excellent swimmer and 

 diver, diving not only for safety wjien threatened by 

 danger, but also for its food, a large part of which 

 is found under water. Its flight is rapid, and is 

 achieved by violent wing-strokes, which produce a 

 whistling sound as the birds pass overhead. The 

 cry is extremely harsh, resembling the word 'Scaup.' 



TUFTED DUCK— 17 inches. Though resembling the Scaup 

 in a general way, it has a crest, is uniformly black above 

 instead of gray, and occurs principally on inland waters. 



POCHARD.— Plate 96. 19 inches. Head and neck 

 chestnut-red ; upper back and upper breast black ; 

 back with fine black cross-lines on a whitish ground, 

 becoming black towards the tail ," tail dark brown ; 

 wings grayish-brown, grayer on the shoulders, with 

 gray speculum ; under parts white, finely cross-lined 

 with black, clearer on the belly ; black beneath tail ; 

 bill black, crossed by a blue-gray band ; legs blue- 

 gray. Female : ruddy -brown on head, neck, upper 

 back, and upper breast ; whitish face and fore-neck ; 

 remaining plumage generally as in the male, but 

 browner. Resident and winter migrant. 



Eggs. — 7—10, or more, greenish-drab; 2'4xl'7 

 inches (plate 134). 



Nest, — Lined, as usual with Ducks, with down from 

 the bird's own body, and placed among sedges, rushes, 

 or other coarse growth beside lakes. 



The Pochard, though breeding- in some numbers 

 on inland waters in many parts of the United 



