DIRECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 137 



in Labrador and the northern interior ; migrates south in mid- 

 dle Oct. to winter from the coast of N. E. to Fla. ; abundant; 

 Fig. 161. Fig. 160. 



IV, C,h, 1*. 1-3. TV, C, h, 1. 1-3. 



comes north in April. 



k. Black and White Scoters. Melanitta. 



Males black and both sexes have a large patch of white 

 on wing; base of bill, considerably swollen with feathers of 

 forehead, projecting forward, fig. 164. 



1. WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, M. deglandi. 21.00; 

 bill, 1.70; elongated spot under and back of eye, white; bill, 

 red black at base and on edges; iris, yellow; feet, reddish- 

 brown, fig. 165. Female, dull brown ; circular space at base of 

 Fig. 162. Fig. 163. 



]V, C, i, 1. 1-3. ]N, C, j, 1. 1-3. 



bill, elongated patch back of ear and beneath, whitish. 

 Breeding range much as in j, 1 and time of migration the same. 

 Winters from the coast of N. E. to the Carolinas. Abundant. 

 Nests, placed on the ground ; eggs, pale brown. 



