Plate CCCXXXII. Male and Female.
Bill nearly as long as the head; tail much rounded, of fourteen
tapering feathers. Male with the bill pale greyish-blue at the base
above, dull orange on the sides, black toward the end; head and upper
half of neck white, except an elongated patch of black on the crown
and nape; below the middle of the neck a black ring, from the hind
part of which proceeds a longitudinal band of the same colour,
gradually becoming wider on the back and rump; below the black ring
anteriorly, a broad band of white, including the scapulars; all the
under parts black, excepting the axillaries and lower wing-coverts,
which are white, as are the upper wing-coverts and secondary quills,
some of the inner secondaries having a narrow external black margin;
alula, primary coverts, and primary quills brownish-black; tail
brownish-black, tinged with grey; upper tail-coverts dusky, minutely
dotted with reddish-brown. Female brownish-grey, darker on the head,
cheeks, back, rump, and abdomen, lighter on the throat, breast,
wing-coverts, and inner secondaries, which latter are margined
externally with black; seven or eight of the secondaries white, as are
the sides of the forehead.
_Male_, 20, 30. _Female_, 18-1/4, 29.
Along the shores of the Atlantic from Nova Scotia to New Jersey,
rather rare, in winter. Breeds from Labrador northward. Never seen in
the interior.
Pied Duck, Anas labradora, _Wils._ Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 91.
Fuligula labradora, Bonap. Syn. p. 391.
Pied Duck, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 428.
Pied Duck, Fuligula labradora, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 271.
**** Bill about the length of the head, very broad; upper
mandible with a prominence at the base above, and two lateral
protuberances; unguis very large, slightly arched.