. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. 82 FRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS. alight on the pond, without in the least suspecting the treachery of their kinsman. The Red-headed Duck arrives with us usually about the first of November—early in March it leaves for the North, where it ;—Giraud's Birds of Long Island. |iii li. SCAUP DUCK. Jmas Marila; Wils. Amer. Orn. Fuligula Marila, Scaup Duvk; iSw. Sf Rich. Scaup Duck ; Nutt. Man.— Vulgo, Broadbill. " Specific Character.—T
. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. 82 FRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS. alight on the pond, without in the least suspecting the treachery of their kinsman. The Red-headed Duck arrives with us usually about the first of November—early in March it leaves for the North, where it ;—Giraud's Birds of Long Island. |iii li. SCAUP DUCK. Jmas Marila; Wils. Amer. Orn. Fuligula Marila, Scaup Duvk; iSw. Sf Rich. Scaup Duck ; Nutt. Man.— Vulgo, Broadbill. " Specific Character.—The head and the neck all round, with the fore part of the breast and the fore part of the back black ; the sides of the head and the sides and hind part of the nock dark green, reflecting puiple ; length of bill, when measured along the gap, two inches and five-sixteenths; length of tarsi one inch and three-eighths ; length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, nineteen inches, wing eight inches and five- eighths ; a broad white band crossing the secondaries, and con- tinues on the inner primaries. Adult male with the forehead, crown, throat and upper part of the fore-neck brownish-black ; sides of the head, neck, and hind-neck dark-green ; lower por- tion of the neck all round, with the upper part of the breast purplish-black; rest of the lower parts white, undulated with black towards the vent; under tail coverts blackish-brown ; tail short, dark-brown, margined and tipped with lighter brown; upper tail coverts and rump blackish-brown, middle of the )jack undulated with black and white, fore part black ; wings brown, darker at the base and tips, speculum white, fomied by the band crossing the secondaries and inner primaries; scapulars and inner recondaries undulated with black and white; secondary coverts blackish-brown, undulated with white. Female witli a broad patch of white on the fiu'ehead ; head, neck, and forepart of the breast, umber brown ; upper
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