294 ANATIDE, DUCKS. —GEN. 269. 
grayish-white on the belly, there dusky-speckled, on the sides and flanks 
dusky-waved ; throat and sides of head mostly continuous whitish ; bill all 
black; feet livid olivaceous, with black webs.  @ nearly 2 feet long; 
wing about 10 inches: 9 18-19 inches; wing 8-9; gape 2; culmen 13. 
Differs from the European in the shape and coloration of the protuberance 
on the bill. Wus., 
Villy, lS 5 yap leweidez eat 
23 Num aati oe | 
and 423; Avup., vi, 
343, pl. 403; Bp., 
807. . AMERICANA. 
Velvet WScoter. 
White-winged Surf- | 
duck. Bill broadly 
encroached upon by 
the frontal feathers, 
on the culmen nearly 
or quite to the nostrils, and on its sides to a less extent, shorter than head, 
black, broadly orange-tipped (g¢); nail broad and truncate; gibhosity 
superior, circumscribed. (Melanetta.) @ black, with a large white wing- 
patch, and another under the eye; feet orange-red, with dusky webs. Size 
of the last, or rather larger; 9? smaller, sooty-brown, pale grayish below, 
with much whitish about head, but showing white speculum ; bill all black. 
Said to differ from the European by greater encroachment of feathers on bill, 
but the ascribed feature is not tangible. Whus., viii, 137, pl. 72, f. 3; 
Nutt, ii, 419; Aup., vi, 332, pl. 401; JZ. velvetina Bo., 805. Also, Fuli- 
gula bimaculata Hersert, Field Sports, ii, 2d ed. 366; O. bimaculata Bo., 
SOSN(e@mmature). Fic 2) i ..) Va ee eee pe enero 
Surf Duck. Sea Coot. Bill narrowly encroached upon by the frontal 
feathers, on the culmen nearly or quite to the nostrils, but not at all upon 
its sides, about as 
long as head, with 
the nail narrowed 
anteriorly, the 
swelling lateral as 
well as superior; 
nostrils beyond its 
middle; bill of g 
orange-red, whitish 
on the sides, with a 
large circular black 
spot on each side at 
the base; tail nor- 
mally 14-feathered. Fig. 194. Young male Surf Duck, with outline of bill viewed from below. 
Fic. 193. Female Black Scoter, with outline of bill viewed from below. 
(Pelionetta.) @ black, with a triangular white patch on the forehead and 
another on the nape; no white on wings; feet orange, with dusky webs. | 
