34 THE GAME BIRDS 
is simply infamous in flavor, and I never 
saw a bird so young as to equal a stew of old 
boots flavored with fish oil. Pardon me, 
friends, devotees of the wily coot, my educa- 
tion has been sadly neglected. I can eat 
sculpin, but do not ask me to eat coot. 
The females and young of this bird, and 
also No.35 are known to gunners collectively 
as gray coot, and weigh from 2 to 3 Ibs. 
84. WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. 
sal iCOOT: 
Oidemia deglandi. 
Plumage of drake black, with white spot 
on wing and another under the eye; bill 
black, with knob at base, but not so large as 
No. 88; eyes white; feet red, with black 
webs. Female sooty-brown, with same mark- 
ings, except bill is less bulging, and there is 
more white on the head; eyes brown. Length 
12 feet; extent over 3 feet. Weight 3 to 4 
Ibs. 
