. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. 288 KEY AND DESCRIPTION. name scaup is derived from the sound of its notes. A very common bay duck. (Greater Scaup Duck; Black-head; Blue- bill.) Length, 19 ; wing, 8f (8£-9) ; tail, 3; tarsus, If; culmen, 2. North America; breeding from Manitoba (rarely Minne- sota) northward, and wintering from Long Island to northern South America. 14. Lesser Scaup Duck (149. Ay thy a affmis).—A duck smaller than the last, but with nearly the same coloring, excepting th
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. 288 KEY AND DESCRIPTION. name scaup is derived from the sound of its notes. A very common bay duck. (Greater Scaup Duck; Black-head; Blue- bill.) Length, 19 ; wing, 8f (8£-9) ; tail, 3; tarsus, If; culmen, 2. North America; breeding from Manitoba (rarely Minne- sota) northward, and wintering from Long Island to northern South America. 14. Lesser Scaup Duck (149. Ay thy a affmis).—A duck smaller than the last, but with nearly the same coloring, excepting that the re- flections from the head of the male are purplish. The female can be separated from the last only by the difference in size. The habits of the two species are much the same, but this one is more frequently found in the fresh waters of bays and rivers. (Little Black-head.) Length, 16 ; wing, 7| (7f-8^) ; tail, 2\ ; tarsus, If ; culmen, If. North America ; breeding mainly north of the United States, and wintering from Virginia to Cuba. 15. Ring-necked Duck (150. Aythya collaris). — A small, white-bellied, black duck, with an indistinctly outlined chest- nut collar around the neck. The speculum is gray, and the lower belly and sides have wavy cross lines of black. The female is rusty-brown, with white belly and gray speculum. The wing is less than 8 long. This is especially a fresh-water duck, probably more so than any other que of the genus. Length, 17; wing, 1\; tail, 2|; tarsus, If; culmen, \\. North America; breeding in the interior from Iowa northward, and winter- ing from the Middle States to Central America. Not common on the Atlantic coast north of Virginia. 16. American Golden-eye (151. Glaucionetta clangida ameri- c&na). — A brightly marked, dark-green (almost black) headed, American Scaup Duck. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of the
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