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Dr. G.C. Rich writes: "Rare transient. I have a mounted speci-. 

 men, male, shot in Woodbury county, Nov. i, 1901." 



Kumlien and HoUister report it as rare on Lake Michigan in 

 winter, Racine, 1875 (Hoy); two at Milwaukee; one at Lake Kosh- 

 konong, Nov. iSgi' (Bds. of Wis., 25-26). 



Subgenus Eritonetta Coues. 



51. (162). Somateria spedabilis {^\w\\.). King Eider. 



Like the preceding, the King Eider is an Arctic species and 

 there is only one record of its occurence in Iowa. 



Wm. E. Praeger, Keokuk, Iowa: "On the i8th of November, 

 1894, ^ boy brought me a Somateria spedabilis that he had shot on 

 the Mississippi. It was a male in brown plumage, but showing 

 a few black and white feathers. The stomach contained nothing 

 but fine quartz gravel." (Iowa Orn., i, 2, 1895. 52. Reprinted 

 from The Auk). E. S. Currier also states there is a "male in Mr. 

 Praeger' s collection, killed on Des Moines Rapids" (Lee county) 



Genus Oidemia Fleming. 



Subgenus Oidemia Fleming. 



52. (163). Oidemia anicricana '$i\N . 2i\\^'^\(:^. American Scoter. 

 The American Scoter can only be considered a rare or casual 



visitor in Iowa. The Scoters or Sea Coots are most abundant 

 along the coasts and bays, feeding upon mussels, clams, etc. 

 Kumlien and Hollister give the American Scoter as a "rather 

 common winter resident on Lake Michigan. Less common in the 

 interior, occurring principally as a migrant" (Bds. of Wis., 26). 



County records: Blackhawk — "a casual specimen taken some 

 years ago" (Peck). Jackson — "rare transient" (Giddings). Lee 

 — "one specimen taken Oct. 31, 1891 — the only record" (Praeger); 

 "rare visitor" (Currier). Linn — "tolerably common winter vis- 

 itant" (Berry). Pottawattamie — "straggler; Cut-off Lake, Iowa 

 (No-man' s Land) ; .several killed b}' Omaha sportsmen and mounted 

 by taxidermists" (Trostler). 



Subgenus Mei,anitta Boie. 



53. (164). Oidemia deglandi Bonap. White-winged Scoter. 

 The White-winged Scoter appears to be more common in the 



interior than the other two species. It occurs in Iowa only as a 



