wes. 45 



ansi: RES. 



AX ATI DAE. 



85. Oidemla wii.kk lna Swainson. 



American scoter; Black coot; Butterbill; Butterbill coot; Yel- 

 low-billed coot. 



Swains., in Swains, and Rich., Fauna Boreali-Amer., 1831, vol. 2, 

 p. 450. "Hudson's Bay, lat. 57°." 



Fuligula americana (Swains.). Audubon, Birds of Amer., L843, 

 vol. 6, }>. 343, pi. 403. 



Salt and fresh water; nests on the ground. 



Me., X. H. — Common migrant and winter resident mainly 

 coastwise; a few non-breeding birds summer offshore. 



Vt. — Uncommon migrant: St. Johnsbury; Windsor. 



Mass. — Common migrant and winter resident; a few non- 

 breeding birds summer offshore. Sept. 8-May 24 (summer). 



R. I.— Common migrant and winter resident coastwise. Oct.- 

 May 11. 



Conn. — Uncommon migrant and winter resident. Oct. 4— May. 



86. Oidemia DEGLANDI Bonaparte. 



White-winged scoter; May white-wing; Velvet duck; White- 

 winged coot. 



Bona])., Rev. crit. de Torn. Enrop. de Dr. Degland, 1S50, |>. IDS. 

 "America." 



Fuligula fusca (Linne). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, vol. (>. 

 p. 332, pi. 401. 



Salt and fresh water; nests on the ground. 



Me., X. Ii. — Common migrant and winter resident mainly 

 coastwise; a few non-breeding birds summer offshore. 



Vt. — Ran- migrant: Middlebury. 



Mass. — Common migrant and winter resident mainly coastwise; 

 a few non-breeding birds summer offshore. Sept. 6 May 25 

 (summer). 



