VELVET SCOTER. 



215 



NArATORLS. 



ANATID/E. 



THE VELVET SCOTER. 



Anas J'usca, Velvet Duck, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 247. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



,, „ ,, „ Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 337. 



Oidemia ,, Velvet Scoter, Flem. Brit. An. p. 119. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 333. 



,, ,, ,, ,, J en YNS, Brit. Vert. p. 239. 



,, ,, ,, ,, GoL'Lu, Birds of Europe, pt. xxii. 



Anas ,, Canard double macreuse, TEMM.Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 854. 



Oidemia. Generic Characiers. — Bill swollen or tuberculated at the base, 

 large, elevated, and strong ; the tip much depressed and flattened, terminated 

 by a large flat nail, which has its extremity rounded and slightly deflected ; 

 mandibles laminated, with the plates broad, strong, and widely set. Nostrils 

 lateral, elevated, oval, placed near the middle of the bill. Wings of mean 

 length, concave, acute. Tail short, graduated, acute. Legs far behind the 



