Plate CCXXXIV. Male and Female.
Bill about the same length as the head, a little enlarged toward the
end; tail much rounded, of sixteen feathers; occiput slightly crested.
Male with the bill black, with a basal and subterminal line
bluish-white; head and upper part of neck greenish-black, with purple
reflections; a very narrow brownish-red collar; lower part of neck all
round, as well as the back, scapulars, smaller wing-coverts, and rump
above and below, brownish-black; inner secondaries of the same colour,
outer bluish-grey on the outer web, light brown on the inner, as are
the primaries, of which the outer webs and tips are dark brown; tail
brownish-grey; chin white; breast greyish-white; sides and abdomen
greyish-white, minutely undulated with grey. Female with the bill
dusky, the neck umber-brown, upper part of head darker, back
blackish-brown, speculum bluish-grey as in the male; breast
brownish-white; loral space and chin pale brown; sides and abdomen
dark umber-brown.
_Male_, 18, 28. _Female_, 16.
Abundant on the Ohio during autumn, winter, and early spring; rather
rare along the coasts of the Middle Atlantic Districts. Breeds far
north.
Fuligula rufitorques, Bonap. Syn. p. 393.
Tufted Duck, Anas Fuligula, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 60.
Ring-necked Duck, Anas (Fuligula) rufitorques, Swains. & Rich.
F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 453.
Ring-necked Duck, Fuligula rufitorques, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p.
439.
Ring-necked Duck, Fuligula rufitorques, Aud. Orn. Biog. v.
iii. p. 259.
** Bill very broad, much flattened, the unguis abruptly curved
backwards.