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fliers in the tail amounts to fourteen. Both 
sexes make a kind of grunting noise, and 
a singular toss of the head, attended with an 
opening of the beak, which in the spring 
is continued for a considerable time while 
swimming, and sporting on the water. 
According to Montagu's account, they 
are never taken in decoys, but that they 
are frequently entangled in fishermen's 
nets. The same author observes when 
speaking of this species in a state of con- 
finement, that, " during the summer 
months, when the larvae of various insects 
are to be found in the mud at the bottom 
of the pond, these birds are continually 
diving; but they are perfectly contented 
with barley, and are become so tame as to 
come to the edge of the water for a bit of 
bread. Of all the birds we have had, that 
have been taken alive from their natural 
wild habits, none have yet appeared so fa- 
miliar as the Scaup." 
■ Having given figures of both sexes in 
their mature plumage, it is only necessary 
to- observe, that the young males resemble 
mors or less the old females; having the 
