Editing Lesser scaup (section)

== Taxonomy ==
Two [[Type (biology)|syntype specimens]] of ''Fuligula affinis'' Eyton ([https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51971 Monogr. Anat., 1838, p.157.]) are held in the vertebrate zoology collections of [[National Museums Liverpool]] at [[World Museum]], with accession numbers NML-VZ D826c (female adult) and NML-VZ D826b (male adult).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=R. Wagstaffe|url=http://archive.org/details/type-specimens-of-birds-in-the-merseyside-county-museums-wagstaffe|title=Type Specimens of Birds in the Merseyside County Museums (formerly City of Liverpool Museums)|date=1978-12-01}}</ref> The specimens were collected in North America and came to the Liverpool national collection via [[Thomas Campbell Eyton]]’s collection and the [[13th Earl of Derby]]’s collection which was bequeathed to the people of Liverpool in 1851.<ref name=":0" />