Lexic.us

Definition of Lesser scaup

1. Noun. Common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lesser Scaup

Literary usage of Lesser scaup

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Game Birds, Wild-fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and by Edward Howe Forbush, Willey Ingraham Beecroft, Herbert Keightley Job, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture (1912)
"lesser scaup (Marila affinis}. Common or local names: Little Bluebill; River Broad-bill; Creek Broad-bill; Raft Duck; and other names that are also applied ..."

2. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"In general habits, nest, eggs etc. it resembles the lesser scaup. Mr. Boardman once found this species breeding near Calais, but it has not been known to ..."

3. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"States as the lesser scaup, which has essentially the same habits and is ... The lesser scaup, or little blue-bill, is abundant during migrations over most ..."

4. The Birds of Essex County, Massachusetts by Charles Wendell Townsend (1905)
"While the lesser scaup seems to prefer the ponds, this species is found in salt-water estuaries and sometimes in the sea, as well as in the ponds. ..."

5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Sometimes the lesser scaup was the commonest, and again, for an entire week, the Ring-neck far outnumbered the other 'Blue-bills.' I find, for instance, ..."

6. Guide to the Systematic Use of the North American Bird and Nature Study: A by Harold Brough Shinn, Gerard Alan Abbott (1912)
"In Devil's Lake region of North Dakota the lesser scaup breeds, being a common summer resident, save while nesting it inhabits deeper water than other ducks ..."

7. The Birds of Ohio: A Complete Scientific and Popular Description of the 320 by William Leon Dawson, Lynds Jones (1902)
"IN general habits this duck resembles the smaller lesser scaup, ... It migrates a little earlier than the lesser scaup, but frequently flocks of the earlier ..."

8. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"... to the lesser scaup in size and plum age, except that it has a narrow chestnut collar around the neck, the back is black instead of barred with white, ..."

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