60 BIRD FAMES. [No. 19. 



brownish ; the front of head about base of bill whitish, this face- 

 marking purer white on chin, and mixed more or less with 

 brown on forehead. Wings marked with bluish gray as in 



male. Lower surface of body grayish white, freckled with 

 brown or grayish brown, and becoming more uniformly brown 

 behind. 



Length sixteen to eighteen inches; extent, say from twenty- 

 five to twenty-seven inches. A much less numerous species than 

 either No. 17 or 18. 



Eange, North America in general; breeding north of the 

 United States. Though found along the coast, oftener met with 

 in the interior. 



RING-NECKED DUCK: RING-NECKED SCAUP: RING-NECKED 

 BLACK-HEAD: TUFTED-DUCK of Wilson. 



In the vicinity of Lake St. Clair MARSH BLUE-BILL (see 

 No. 18), a name given also by Mr. Seton in his Birds of Western 

 Manitoba (Auk, April, 1886). 



At Chicago RING-BILL; and Audubon speaks of hearing 

 the latter name in Kentucky. 



