122 EUROPEAN EIDER. 



part of back, brown, and middle of belly, black. Hind back, grayish brown, with a large patch of white on 

 each side, which becomes dusky on rump and upper tail coverts. Tail, ashy grey. Primaries, whitish, 

 edged and tipped with grayish. Bill, vermillion, tipped with white. Feet, orange red. and iris, brown. 



Adult female. Reddish brown above, darkest on crown and rump, becoming lighter beneath, whitish 

 on throat and upper portion of neck beneath. Speculum, gray, edged with brown. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Of this European duck a single specimen was found in Fulton Market, New York City, in Fcljruary 

 1872. 



SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA. 

 European Eider. 



Sr. Cu. Size, form and cnlnr of the American Eider, S. borealis, but differs in the firm of the bill and 

 accompanying frontal process. The bill is more depressed baseally and the V-shaped process lias the arms 

 narrower and more pointed terminally (See Cut of this in Appendix). Nests and eggs similar. This 

 American Eider was separated from the European by A. E. Brehan (Verz. Samml. Erap. Vogel, p. 147, 

 1SS7) on account of the above indicated characters, and named S. borealis, which name should now be 

 applied to it. 



The European Eider occurs on Cumberland Sound and probably migrates southward. 



OEDEIVIIA FUSCA. 

 European Scoter. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sp. Cn. Form and size and color similar to that of the American Scoter, but differs in having a black 

 stripe in the red of the bill, and in having a more curved outline of the feathers at the base of the bill. 

 Occurs in Greenland as a straggler from the old world. 



NOMONYX DOiVllMICUS. v^ 

 St. Domingo Duck. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sp. Cn. Size, small. The inner secondaries are greatly lengthened and fold over the pi-imarics in tlie 

 closed wing. Color. Rusty red throughout, varied with black above. Top of head, black. Ther-e is a 

 large white patch on the wing formed by a number of the coverts and bases of the secondaries. Axillaries 

 also white. Young, differ in having the back more blackish, spotted with yellowdsh brown, and the general 

 plumage elsewhere is mottled with grayish. There are two blackish sti-ipes on sides of neck. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Length, 12.50 to 13.50 ; wing, 4.15 to 5.25 ; tail, 2.25 to 2.35 ; bill, 1.40 to 1.45 ; tarsus, l.GO to 1.75. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



This rather singular Duck is readily known by the small size and elongated secondaries. It occurs in 

 Central and South America and in the West Indies. Accidental in the United States. Specimens have 

 been taken on Lake Champlain and in Wisconsin. (See Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. His., Vol. VI, p. 375; 

 Amcr. Nat. Vol. V, p, 441 ; and Baird, Birds of N. A., 1858, p. 925.) 



