580. BIRDS—ANATID 2. 
Fuligula marila, LANGDON, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 17; Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc. 
Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 185; Reprint, 19. 
Fulix marila, WHEeATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 1861, 370; Reprint, 12. 
Anas marila, LINNAUS, Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 196. 
Fuligula marila, STEPHENS, Shaw’s Gen. Zool., xii, pt., ii, 1624, 198. 
Fulix marila, BAIRD, Birds N. Am., 1858, 791. 
Male with the head, neck, and body anteriorly black, the former with a green gloss; 
back and sides whitish, finely waved in zig-zag with black; below, and speculum of 
wing white; bill dull blue with black nail; legs plumbeous. Female with the head 
- and anterior parts brown, and other black parts of the male, rather brown; face pure 
white. Length, about 20 inches; wing, 9. 
Habitat, the whole of North America. Greenland. Europe. Asia. 
Not common spring and fall migrant in the interior of the State, where 
generally found in small numbers in company with the two following 
species or the Golden-eye; more common on Lake Hrie, but nowhere’ 
abundant. | 
FULIGULA AFFINIs Hyton. 
Lesser Black-head. 
Fuligula afinis, AUDUBON, B. Am., vi, 1843, 316. 
Fulic affinis, WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 1861, 370; Reprint, 12. 
Fuligula afinis, WHEATON, Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 1875, 574; Re- 
print, 14.—LANGDON, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 17 ; Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat.. 
Hist., i, 1879, 185; Reprint, 19; Summer Birds, ib., iii, 1880, 228. 
Fuligula afinis, EyYTON, Monog. Anat., 1838, 157. 
Fulix afinis, BAiRD, Birds N. Am., 1858, 791. 
Extremely similar to the preceding but smaller, about 16; wing, 8; gloss of head 
chiefly purple; flanks and scapulars less closely waved with black(?). Itis very difficult 
to define this bird specifically, and it may be simply a smal! southern form; but it 
appears to preserve its characters though constantly associated with the last. 
Habitat, North America, and south to Guatemala in winter. Breeds in high latitudes 
and southward at least to the United States border. Part of the West Indies. 
‘Abundant spring and fall migrant, rare summer resident, perhaps 
breeding in Northern Ohio. No one of the Ducks of this sub-family are 
more abundant or regular than this, which, at the proper season, is gen- 
erally dispersed throughout the State, frequenting equally the lake, re- 
servoirs, rivers and ponds. Individuals occasionally are seen, both on 
the lake and in the interior, during summer, and usually a few remain 
through the winter. | 
FULIGULA CoLLARIS (Donovan) Bp. 
Ring-necked Duck. 
Fuligula rufitorques, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 166, 186. 
Fulix collaris, WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 370; Reprint, 1861, 1%, 
