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A.MKUK \. 



Section 4. Hind toe, with well defined membraneous lobe 

 or flap; no white on head; belly, mottled brown, or 

 grayish brown. 



General plumage, brownish; no white on win^s: axillars, 

 black ; feathers on the bill, more than one half inch from 

 nostril <. female). 



Oiil' ini'i <im<-ri<;tiii>. American Scoter. 

 Butter-bill Coot. 

 Gray Coot. 

 See N<>. lls. 



Head, dark brown or black: feathers on bill, less than one half inch from nostril; 

 axillars, black ; no white on wings (immature male i. 



Oitliitti'i t rtt'iri/i.it.i. Surf Scoter. Skunk-head Coot. 



See No. 121. 



A patch of white on the win^s; bark and upper parts, dark In-own: feathers on the base 

 ot hill, extending to within one half inch of noMril (female). 



OMniti" <ii:i/'iili. White-winged Scoter. 



See No. I'JO. 



Head, tawny, streaked \\iili In-own : axillars, white, or grayish white; throat, streaked; 

 feathers on bill, within one fourth inch from nostril; decided difference in bill from 

 ne\t -p. (!.- ( female). (See cut.) Eastern North America. 



Somateria dresseri. American Eider Duck. 



See No. llf. 



Head, tawny, streaked with In-own; axillars, white, or grayish white; throai, 

 streaked; leathers on hill, within one fourth inch from nostril ; decided difference in bill 



lr precedini: -peei.-- female). , See "cut. i Kasterii North Ameriea. 



Somateria borealis. Northern Eider Duck. 



See N<>. I i:>. 



Head, tawny, streaked \\ith brown: axillar-. white, or grayish white; throat, not 

 -n.-aked : feathers on bill, more than one fourth inch from nostril i female). 



<///>. King Hider Duck. 

 bee Nu. 117. 



