. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 99 SWIMMERS - ANSERES. Fuliz afflnis. THE LESSEB SCAITP DUCK; UTILE BLACK-HEAD, OB BLUE-BILL. Faligula mariln, Am. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 226 ; V. 1839, 614, \A. 22U ; Syiiop. 1839, 286 ; IJ. Am. VI. 1843, 316, pi. 397. FuUgula affinis, Kyton, Mon. Anat. 1838, 157. — t'ouES, Key, 1872, 289; Check List, 1873, no. 501 ; 2il cd. 1882, no. 721 ; B. N. W. 1874, 573. Falixafmh, Baikd, B. N. Am. 1858, 791 ; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 589. — RiDow. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 615. Fidujuhi via
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 99 SWIMMERS - ANSERES. Fuliz afflnis. THE LESSEB SCAITP DUCK; UTILE BLACK-HEAD, OB BLUE-BILL. Faligula mariln, Am. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 226 ; V. 1839, 614, \A. 22U ; Syiiop. 1839, 286 ; IJ. Am. VI. 1843, 316, pi. 397. FuUgula affinis, Kyton, Mon. Anat. 1838, 157. — t'ouES, Key, 1872, 289; Check List, 1873, no. 501 ; 2il cd. 1882, no. 721 ; B. N. W. 1874, 573. Falixafmh, Baikd, B. N. Am. 1858, 791 ; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 589. — RiDow. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 615. Fidujuhi viariliiidcs, \\ Zool. Blossom, 1839, 31. Faligula minor, Bell, Pr. Ac. Nut. Sti. Philad. I. 1842, 141. —GiitAUD, B. Long. I. 1844, 323. ILvn. Tiie whole of North Amcricu, south to Guatemala and the West Indies ; breeds chielly north of the United States. Sr. Chau. Entirely .similar to F. miriUi, but smaller. Total length, about 16.(X) inches ; e.\tent, ; wing, ; culmen, ; width of bill near end, .8())5, ut Imsc, . ; tarsus, ; middle toe, Beyond the decidedly smaller size, we can pcr- ceive no difference between tliis bird and F. vutrik wliich seems to be constant. In most of the speci- mens before us, however, the green gloss of tint head is much less distinct, in fact wanting entirely, or in many replaced by faint purplish ; while the lower part of the neck is usually dull Ijrownish and ((uite lustreless, in many examples formiii;,' quite as distinct a collar as in some specimens of F. cnllaris, though the color is never so rufescent us in the latter species. The zigzag markings on the back and scapular ajipear to be, as a rule, somewhiit coarser than in F. marila. As in the larger sjic- cies, the sides and Hanks may be either marked with <lusky, or (juite immaculate. A larger series of specimens may prove the Male (rcdiicctl). intergradatiou of this form with F. A full and oompleto history of this
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