Plate CCXXIX. Male and Female.
Bill as long as the head, enlarged toward the end; tail much rounded,
of fourteen feathers. Male with the bill light greyish-blue, the
unguis blackish; head, neck, and fore part of the back and breast
black, the head and neck glossed with purple and green, the rest
tinged with brown; hind part of back, rump, abdomen, and upper and
lower tail-coverts brownish-black; middle of back, scapulars, inner
secondaries, anterior part of abdomen, and sides greyish-white,
beautifully marked with undulating black lines; wings light
brownish-grey; alula, primaries, at the base and end, brownish-black;
speculum white, as are the middle of the breast, the axillars, and
some of the lower wing-coverts. Female with the head, neck, and fore
part of the back and breast, umber-brown; a broad patch of white along
the fore part of the forehead; upper parts in general blackish-brown,
the middle of the back and the scapulars faintly undulated with
whitish dots and lines; primary quills greyish in the middle; speculum
dull white; the greater part of the breast and abdomen white, the
sides and parts under the tail umber-brown.
_Male_, 16-1/2, 29. _Female_, 16-1/2, 28.
Abundant during autumn on the Ohio and its tributaries, as well as
those of the Missouri and the Mississippi. Rather common also along
the Middle Atlantic Districts. Breeds far north.
Scaup Duck, Anas Marila, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 84.
Fuligula Marila, Scaup Duck, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v.
ii. p. 456.
Scaup Duck, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 437.
Scaup Duck, Fuligula Marila, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 226;
v. v. p. 614.