. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . rple ; beneath white, throat and upperpart of breast chestnut ; sides buify, very finely variegatedwith black ; scapulars black ; a white crescent in front of theshoulder bordered also with black; coverts and quills with moreor fewer tips and shades of white and purple. Female : chest-nut of neck detached and dull; sides not striped, head and neckdull. Bill reddish, edges dusky. Legs and feet yellowish. Irisred. Length, ; extent, ; wing, ; bill, ; tar-sus, This, the most beautiful of the Ducks, arraye
. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . rple ; beneath white, throat and upperpart of breast chestnut ; sides buify, very finely variegatedwith black ; scapulars black ; a white crescent in front of theshoulder bordered also with black; coverts and quills with moreor fewer tips and shades of white and purple. Female : chest-nut of neck detached and dull; sides not striped, head and neckdull. Bill reddish, edges dusky. Legs and feet yellowish. Irisred. Length, ; extent, ; wing, ; bill, ; tar-sus, This, the most beautiful of the Ducks, arrayed ina plumage well-named bridal, is a common summerresident, arriving in March and remaining into is remarkable among Ajiatid(S for nesting in holesin trees, the last place one would expect a Duck to select. FULIGULA MARILA : GREATER SCAUP DUCK. 313 The habit, however, is not peculiar, for some of theFidigiilince do the same thing. The eggs are abouta dozen in number, measuring X , of a darkcolor, and are laid upon a bed of hay and feathers. The. Fig. 66. — Wood Duck. bird is the most characteristic Duck of New England,excepting the Dusky Duck; and is found generallydistributed wherever there are suitable breeding-places,being by no means peculiar to the coast. GREATER SCAUP DUCK. FULIGULA MARILA (Z.) Stcph. Chars. Male : head, neck, and body anteriorly black, the formerglossy; lower back, rump, and tail blackish. Below, white, thesides and lower belly finely waved with black. Speculum white ;back and sides zigzagged with white ; no colored ring aroundneck. Bill and feet bluish, former with black nail. Female : 314 ANATID^ : SWANS, GEESE, AND DUCKS. head and anterior parts of the body brown, and other parts whichare black in the male here brownish. Region about base of billwhite. Length about ; extent, 29,00; wing, ; bill, ;tarsus, One of the winter residents along the coast, rathercommon at that season, but, as usual with birds of thi
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