The small-scale and two-point nature of the Observations of Electric-field Distributions in the Ionospheric Plasma-A Unique Strategy C (OEDIPUS-C, OC) dual-payload propagation experiment in the auroral ionosphere in 1995 has permitted improved measurements of the parameters of magnetic field-aligned density irregularities. Comparatively strong and dispersed pulses were observed at frequencies f just above the electron plasma frequency fp when the electron gyrofrequency fc was less than fp. The waves are interpreted as quasielectrostatic Z-mode propagation with dispersion surfaces close to those of the Langmuir solutions in wave vector space, albeit at somewhat lower refractive indices of about 50. If mission length surveys of the Z-wave intensities are aligned with histories of fp at the payload and of the strength of X- and fast Z-mode ionospheric reflection echoes, a strong positive correlation is found at momentary relative depletions of the ambient density. These observations are taken as evidence of ducting in the field-aligned depletions. The spectra of these strong Z-mode transmissions are similar to those of slow Z ducted spectra observed at similar f, fp, and fc values in the OEDIPUS-A experiment in 1989. The magnitudes of the density depletions are found to lie in the range 7--21% and to have cross-field dimensions of a few kilometers. The present duct dimensions are of the same order as the previous findings from ionospheric X-mode electromagnetic echoes on OC, but the depletions are up to 10 times deeper. Measurements of ducting irregularities can lead to insights into their formation. This will be important for our understanding of the interfaces of the ionospheric or magnetospheric topologies where irregularity formation is an important link in the large-scale flow of energy.