58 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
162. Somateria spectabilis (Livv.). 
King Eider. 
Anas spectabilis Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 123. 
Somateria spectabilis LEACH, in Ross’s Voy. Disc. 1819, App. 
p. xviii. 
[B 608, C srs; R'620,.C 736. ] 
Groc. Dist.— Northern parts of northern hemisphere, breeding in 
the Arctic regions; in North America south casually in winter to 
Georgia and the Great Lakes. , 
Genus OIDEMIA FLeEmINc. 
SusBGENUS OIDEMITIA. 
Oidemia FLEMING, Philos. Zool. II. 1822, 260. Type, by elim- 
ination, Anas nigra LINN. 
163. Oidemia americana Sw. & RIcH. 
American Scoter. 
Oidemia americana Sw. & Ricu. Faun. Bor. Amer. II. 1831, 450. 
[B Gos Cpr 6, Ri 630,/C a7.) 
Groc. Dist.— Coasts and larger inland waters of northern North 
America; breeds in Labrador and the northern interior; south in 
winter to New Jersey, the Great Lakes, Colorado, and California. 
SuBGENUS MELANITTA Bote. 
Melanitta Botr, Isis, 1822, 564. Type, by elimination, <Azas 
Jusca LINN. 
[164.] Oidemia fusca (Linv.). 
Velvet Scoter. 
Anas fusca Linn. 8S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 123. 
Oidemia fusca STEPHENS, Gen. Zool. XII. pt. ii. 1824, 216. 
[B—, C—, R 631, C—.] 
Groce. Dist.— Northern Old World; accidental (?) in Greenland. 
