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16; PINTAIL. 
Dafila acuta (Linn.). 
Transient visitant; tolerably common. 
we WOOD DUCK. 
Aix sponsa (Linn.). 
Summer resident; common. Often called Summer Duck. 
It is considered the most beautiful of the many species of the 
Duck family that frequent the State, and is well known from 
the brilliant metallic coloring of its plumage. I found it more 
common on Buckhannon and Middle Fork Rivers than in any 
other portion of the State. Inthe autumn it feeds largely upon 
acorns, beech nuts, and elder berries. | ) 
1s, RED HEAD. 
Aythya americana (Eyt.). 
Transient visitant. This duck is tolerably common on the 
Ohio River in later fall, and is occasionally met with on streams 
in the interior. I observed it on Greenbrier River October 16. 
19. CANVAS-BACK. 
Aythya vallisneria (Wils.). 
Transient visitant; tolerably common. The Canvas-back is 
sometimes mistaken by sportsmen for the Red-head. On two 
occasions I observed stuffed specimens of it labeled “ Red- 
head.” In the Canvas-back nearly the whole head is reddish- 
brown, obscured with dusky about the bill, and the entire bill 
is dusky. In the Red-head the head is clear chestnut-red, with 
a bronzy reflection, and the bill is clear, pale grayish-blue, with 
a black tip. 
20. GREATER SCAUP DUCK. 
Aythya marila nearctica Stejn. 
Transient visitant, rare. Occurs occasionally on the Ohio 
and Great Kanawha Rivers, and is known as the Broad-bill 
and Big Black-head. 
