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ANATINtE. fuligula. 
397. 2. Fuligula Ferina, Linn. Red-headed Duck. — Dos- 
gris. 
Plate CCCXXII. Male and Female. 
Bill as long* as the head^ tail much rounded, of fourteen feathers. 
Male with the bill light greyish-blue, with a broad band of black at 
the end, and a dusky patch anterior to the nostrils ; head and neck 
all round, for more than half its length, of a rich brownish-red, glossed 
with carmine above ; a broad belt of brownish-black occupying the 
lower part of the neck and the. fore part of the body back and sca- 
pulars pale greyish- white, being minutely traversed by dark brownish- 
grey lines; sides and abdomen similar, the undulations gradually 
fading away into the greyish- white of the middle of the breast ,* upper 
wing-coverts brownish-grey, the feathers faintly undulated with whitish 
toward the end ; primary quills brownish-grey, dusky along the outer 
web and at the end ; secondaries ash-grey, narrowly tipped with 
white, four or five of the inner of a purer tint tinged with blue, and 
having a narrow brownish-black line along the margin ; the innermost 
like the scapulars, but more dusky ; tail brownish-grey ; axillar fea- 
thers and lower wing-coverts white ; rump above and below brownish- 
black. Female with the head and upper part of the neck dull reddish- 
brown, darker above ; the rest of the neck all round, and the upper 
parts in general, dull greyish-brown, the feathers paler at their tips ; 
flanks and fore part of the neck dull reddish-brown, the feathers 
broadly tipped with pale greyish-brown ; wings as in the male, but of 
a darker tint, and without undulations ; tail as in the male ; lower 
wing-coverts light grey, those in the middle white ; middle of breast 
greyish- white, hind part of abdomen light brownish-grey. 
Male, 20, 33. Female, 21, 32^. 
Breeds throughout the Fur Countries, from which it migrates south- 
ward in early autumn. Abundant on the Chesapeake, New York Bay, 
Ohio, and Mississippi, with their tributaries. None seen westward of 
the Mississippi. 
Red-headed Duck, Anas Ferina, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 110. 
Fuligula Ferina, Bonap. Syn. p. 392. 
Fuligula Ferina, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 452. 
Red-headed Duck or Pochard, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 434. 
Red-headed Duck, Fuligula Ferina, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 198. 
398. 3. Fuligula Marila, Linn. Scaup Duck. — Flocking 
Fowl. 
Plate CCXXIX. Male and Female. 
Bill as long as the head, enlarged toward the end ; tail much round- 
ed, of fourteen feathers. Male with the bill light greyish-blue, the 
unguis blackish ; head, neck, and fore part of the back and breast 
