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back and uppei' part of the breast, black ; abdomen 

 white, darker towards the vent, where it is barred 

 with undulating lines of dusky ; flanks grey, closely 

 barred with black; scapulars the same; primaries 

 brownish-grey ; secondaries lighter ; back greyish- 

 brown, barred with fine lines of white ; rump and 

 upper tail coverts blackish-brown ; tail feathers 

 greyish-brown, lighter at the base ; lower tailcoverts 

 brownish-black, rather lighter than the upper ; length 

 twenty inches ; wing nine and a half. Female about 

 two inches smaller, with the head, neck, breast, 

 and general color of the upper parts brown ; darker 

 on the npper part of the head, lighter on the back ; 

 bill, legs, and feet, similar to those of the male. 



This duck, as it is scarcely distinguishable from 

 the canvas-back, and has mainly the same habits, is 

 but little inferior to that incomparable bird. 



Beoad-Bill. 

 Blue Bill, Scaup, Black Head, Raft Duck. 



Fuligula Marila, Linn. 



Specific Character. — ^The head and neck all round, 

 with the fore part of the breast and fore part of back, 

 black ; the sides of the head and the sides and hind 

 part of the neck dark green, reflecting purple ; length 

 of bill, when measured along the gap, two inches and 

 five-sixteenths; length of tarsi one inch and three- 

 eighths ; length from the point of the bill to the end 

 of the tail nineteen inches ; wing eight inches and 

 five-eighths ; a broad white band crossing the secon- 



