. Annual report . ail coverts black; belly white, lower part moreor less barred with black. Female. Throat white; back grayish brown withoutfine bars; speculum gray. The American scaup or bluebill (At/iya marzla). Description. Adult male. Head glossed with greenish; sides without distinctblack bars. Female. Feathers about base of bill white; breast and back rustygrayish brown; speculum white. The lesser scaup, or little bluebill (Athya affinis). Description. Adult male. Head glossed with purplish; sides with distinctblack bars. Female. Similar to female of American scaup. This bird is commonan
. Annual report . ail coverts black; belly white, lower part moreor less barred with black. Female. Throat white; back grayish brown withoutfine bars; speculum gray. The American scaup or bluebill (At/iya marzla). Description. Adult male. Head glossed with greenish; sides without distinctblack bars. Female. Feathers about base of bill white; breast and back rustygrayish brown; speculum white. The lesser scaup, or little bluebill (Athya affinis). Description. Adult male. Head glossed with purplish; sides with distinctblack bars. Female. Similar to female of American scaup. This bird is commonand is often taken among the islands and in the bays. As indicated, there are two distinct species of the scaup showing no appreciabledifference except in size. They have several names, but the most common seemsto be the big bluebill and the little bluebill. Though these birds are oftenmistaken one for the other, so far as I have been able to learn it is the lesserscaup or little bluebill that is oftenest seen PINTAIL DUCKUpper Figure Male, Lower Figure Female THE WILD FOWL OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 361 The ring-necked scaup (At/iya collaris), though partial to our lakes and ponds,is not so often met with along the river. With the exception of a chestnutcollar or neck ring, this species does not differ materially in its markings fromthe other Athyae. Another species, the pintail (Dafila acuta), known also as the piketail andsprigtail, is sometimes found here, though by no means common. It isdistinguished principally by its central tail feathers, which are black and aboutseven and a half inches in length. The pintail arrives here usually in September, but sometimes it is not seenuntil October. When the teal put in an appearance the pintail may be looked speaks of a remarkable performance of this bird, that of drumming likethe snipe, arising high in the air, and then falling suddenly, producing a loud drum-ming sound by the action of the wings. It frequents o
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