1890. 
Mar7-I5 
Canaveral, Banana Creek. 
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Common, but much less numerous than the lesser Scaup Duck. 
It associate^ freely with this bird, but it resorted mostly to nar- 
row creeks bordered and in places overhung by mangrove. Its habits 
seemed to be very similar to those of the Scaup Duck, and the only 
notewhich I heard was a precisely like that of 
& This note was identified beyond question by shooting 
the bird, a female, in the act of producing it, no other Duck be- 
ing near. It is difficult for a novice to distinguish a Ring Neck 
from a Scatip when flying, for the two are very closely alike in 
general form and color. The f emal e Ilingneck , however, is much 
bro vmer ^ -eaStT*’ the breast and sides and lacks the white patch 
in front of the eye. The male is much darker on the back. The 
Ring Neck is a better table-bird than either of the Scaup-4- a fact 
well known to all the Duck-hunters here. 
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