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SCAKRON. 625 SCEPTRE. Scarron's fEuvrcs were collected in 10 volumes (Paris, 17;i7) siud in 2 volmucs (ib.. 1S77). and tlie dramatic work* in 1 volume (ib., 187!)). There is a translation, The Comical Works of ticanun, with an intruductinn by Jusserand (London, 18i)2). Consult: ilorillot, iScunoii ct Ic ;/r/iiv builcsiiiic (Paris, 1SS8); Le lircton. I.i roniiin att XIIe)iie siccle ( ib., 181)0); Kiirtiiij;, (Ir- schichte dcs fraiizosischcn Hoiihiiis i'ih X ll.Juhi- hundcrt (Oppcln, 1891) ; and Peters, Scurron und sciiic xiKiiiischni Quelhn (Erlanyen, 1803). SCARTAZZINI, skar'ti-tse'n^, Jouann An- DRE.vs i l.s;i7-l'.iul ) . A Swiss theolo;;ian and a Eomancc scholar, born at Bondo ((irisons) and «ducated at Basel and Bern. He i)reached for a time near Bern, then taught Italian in the cantonal school of Chur, was pastor at Soglio from 1875 to 1884, and spent his last years at Fahrwangen (Aargau). He edited Tasso (2d ed., 1882) and Petrarch (1883), but his great contribution to Italian literature was his work on Dante, which includes Dimie AUghieri, seine Zeit. srin Lebcii ninl seine WriJ.e ( 18(jlt, 2d ed. 1879), Abhaiidliiiii/eii iihrr Diintv (1880). Uante in Gennaniii (1880-83), the excellent Dnnlc, villi ed opcre (1883, and 1894 under the title Dnii- toloqiu) , an edition of tlie Dii-ina Pomincdia (1874-82), Prolcf/omcni (1890), Danlc-Iland- bucli (1892), an edition of the Commcdia (1893. 2d ed. 1895), the Eiwiclopcdia Ddulcseu (1S9G-98), Daiilc als Geistcslield (1890), and Concordanza dclln Divina C'ommedia (1901). SCAUP (from Icel. slcfitp-hwna, scaup-duck). Any of several ducks of the Xorthern Hemi- sphere, of the same genus (Aythya) as that of the eanvasback and redhead, and having similar habits. The typical scaup is that of the Old World (Aythija iiKtrilti), represented in North America by a variety (ticarctica) , com- monly called 'bluebill,' 'broadbill,' or 'black- head.' It is 18 inches or more in length. The male has the head, neck, and upper part of the breast and back black; the sides of the neck glossed with rich green; the back white, spotted jir and striped w i t h black lines : the speculum w h i t e. T h e female has brown instead of black, and old fe- males have a broad white band around the base of the bill. The flesh of the scaup duck is tough, and has a strong fishy flavor. Closely allied but smaller is the leaser scaup, or 'little blue- bill,' etc. {Aylhy kings of Rome, which was afterwards l>orne by the consuls, was of ivory and surmounted by an eagle. Some sceptres are surmounted by a cross, by a hand in the act of benediction,' or by some suitable