584 SCOTER. Class II. 



fpot; and in each wing is a white feather; all 

 the reft of the plumage is of a fine black, and of 

 the loft and delicate appearance of velvet : the 

 legs and feet are red -, the webs black. The female 

 is entirely of a deep brown color ; the marks be- 

 hind each ear and on the wings excepted : the bill 

 is of the fame colors with that of the male-, but 

 wants the protuberance at the bafe of it, which 

 Limicfus gives the male*. 



273. Scoter. Black Diver, or Scoter. //7/. La Macreufe. Brijfon av. VI. 



cm. 366. 420. Tab. 38. fig. 2. 



Raiifyn.arv. 141. Anas nigra. Lin.fyfi. 196. 



La Macreufe. Ray* 5 Letters, Faun Suec. fp. no. 



161. Br. Zoo/. 153. 

 Dale^s hijl. Harwich, 405. 



Descrip. f" "^HIS fpecies weighs two pounds nine ounces: 

 1 the length is twenty-two inches ; the breadth 

 thirty-four : the middle of the bill is of a fine yel- 

 low, the reft is black : both male and female want 

 the hook at the end •, but on the bafe of the bill of 

 the former is a large knob, divided by a fiflure in 

 the middle. The tail confifts of fixteen fharp point- 

 ed feathers, of which the middle are the longer!. 

 The color of the whole plumage is black, that of 

 the head and neck glofTed over with purple : the 

 legs are black. 



* Faun. Suec. lafi edit, 39. 



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