Ring-necked

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ring-necked \Ring"-necked`\, a. (Zool.)
     Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Ring-necked duck} (Zool.), an American scaup duck ({Aythya
        collaris}). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male


        are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring
        encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female.
        Called also {ring-neck}, {ring-necked blackhead},
        {ringbill}, {tufted duck}, and {black jack}.
        [1913 Webster]