scads

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There were also 150 long-tailed ducks, 300 scoters, 40 goldeneye, 15 buffleheads, nine mallards, one red-breasted merganser, two kinds of gulls, 20 Canada geese, and a raft of maybe 900 scaups.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2016

Nest and Eggs—The nest and eggs are the same as the scaups.

From Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast by Payne, Harry Thom

Eclipse Drake Hen Similar in appearance to scaups, but more often found in fresh marshes and wooded ponds.

From Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide by Hines, Robert W.

In England people have been known to call scaups unfit for food, but here, 87 under the perfectly awful appetites that we have developed, the Skoggaggany soup has very little chance.

From Three in Norway by Two of Them by Clutterbuck, Walter J.

On the water, body size and head shape distinguish them from scaups and redheads.

From Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide by Hines, Robert W.