SCAUP.
FULIGULA MARILA {Linn.).
Anas marila, Linn. S. N. i. p. 196 (1766); Naum. xii. p. 88.
Fuligula marila, Macg. v. p. 116; Hewitson, ii. p. 426;
Yarr. ed. 4, iv. p. 423 ; Dresser, vi. p. 565.
Canard milouinan, French; Berg-Ente, German.
This is a northern breeding species which visits our
coasts, occasionally in large numbers, generally late in
autumn. It is a true sea-duck, and is rarely found on
our inland fresh waters except in severe weather. In
Iceland the Scaup is exceedingly common in the
breeding-season, nesting in numbers on the shores and
islands of many of the freshwater lakes.
This bird obtains its food almost entirely by diving,
and is perfectly worthless for the table. The only part
of the Mediterranean in which I have met with this
species in any abundance was on the coast of Tunis;
but it occurs occasionally in all parts of that Sea, more
commonly in the eastern than in the western portions.
SCA U P .
Litho. W. Grove, Berlin.
Fuligula marila (Linn.).
