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some of the inner secondaries having a narrow external black margin ; 
alula, primary coverts, and primary quills brownish-black ; tail brown- 
ish-black, tinged with grey ; upper tail-coverts dusky, minutely dot- 
ted with reddish-brown. Female brownish-grey, darker on the head, 
cheeks, back, rump, and abdomen, lighter on the throat, breast, wing- 
coverts, and inner secondaries, which latter are margined externally 
with black ; seven or eight of the secondaries white, as are the sides of 
the forehead. 
Male, 20, 80. Female, 18|, 29. 
Along the shores of the Atlantic from Nova Scotia to New Jersey, 
rather rare, in winter. Breeds from Labrador northward. Never seen 
in the interior. 
Pied Duck, Anas labradora, Wins. Amer. Om. v. viii. p. 91. 
Fuligula labradora, Bonap. Syn. p. 391. 
Pied Duck, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 428. 
Pied Duck, Fuligula labradora, Acd. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 271. 
* * * * about the length of the head, very broad ; upper man- 
dible with a prominence at the base above, and two lateral protube- 
rances ; unguis very large, slightly arched. 
402. 7. Fuligula fusca. Linn. Velvet Duck, 
Bill with an abrupt prominence in front, the lateral protuberances 
covered with feathers ; tail wedge-shaped, of fourteen stilF, narrow 
feathers. Male with the basal prominenee and sides at the base blaek, 
toward the end bright red j unguis flesh-coloured, with a black line on 
each side ; feet carmine on the outer, orange-red on the inner side, 
webs greyish-black ; plumage brownish-black, glossed with blue above, 
lighter beneath ; outer secondary quills and a spot beneath the eye 
white. Female with the bill dusky, its basal prominence slight ; plu- 
mage sooty-brown, breast and abdomen lighter ; two whitish spots on 
each side of the head ; outer secondary quills white, as in the male. 
Male, 22, 39. Female, 22, 38. 
From the coast of Georgia eastward to Nova Scotia, during winter, 
when it is extremely abundant in all the estuaries and bays. Breeds 
from Labrador northward. 
Velvet Duck, Anas fusca, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 137. 
Fuligula fusca, Bonap. Syn. p. 390. 
Oidemia fusca. Velvet Duck, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii, p. 449. 
Velvet Duck, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 419. 
Velvet Duck, Fuligula fusca, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 354. 
403. 8. Fuligula perspicillata, Linn. Surf Duck. 
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Plate CCCXVII. Male and Female, 
Bill with a gently sloping prominence in front, the lateral protube- 
rances bare ; tail wedge-sljaped, of fourteen stiflP narrow feathers. 
Male with the bill deep reddish-orange, bluish- white on the sides, with 
