46 BIRDS OF OHIO. 
46. (160.) SOMATERIA DRESSERI Sharpe. —. 
American Eider. 
Synonyms: Somateria mollissima dresseri. 
Davie, Nests and Eggs of N. Am. Birds, 1898, 92. 
The specimen here reported by Mr. Davie was captured at 
the Licking reservoir, November 11, 1895, by Mr. William 
Harlow. ‘liie specimen is a female and is preserved in the 
private collection of Mr. Davie. 
The fact that this species has been found a number of 
times well inland makes it necessary to regard it a cas- 
ual rather than an accidental visitor to the state. 
47. (162). SoMATERIA SPECTABILIS (Linn.). 264. 
King Eider. 
Synonyms: Anas spectabilis. 
Wheaton, Ohio Agri. Report, 1860, 370, 378. 
I have been unable to find any later records for the oc- 
currence of this species in Ohio than those given by Dr. 
Wheaton in his catalogue of 1882, 535. They are: An 
immature bird taken at Sandusky bay (?), by Dr. Lang- 
don during the winter of 1877-8; one found in the Colum- 
bus market, November 4, 1880, by Dr. Wheaton; and the 
statement that a specimen was taken at Sandusky bay and 
one at Cleveland ‘many years since,” on the authority of 
Mr. R. K. Winslow. 
48. (163). OIDEMIA AMERICANA Swains. 265. 
American Scoter. 
Synonyms: (demia americana. 
American Black Scoter, Sea Coot, Butter-billed Coot, Hol- 
low-billed Coot. 
Merriam, Trans. Conn. Acad., IV, 1877, 127. 
There seem to be four records of the occurrence of this 
species in the state. Licking reservoir, December, 1876, 
in Dr. Theodore Jasper’s collection in Columbus; taken on 
Portage river by Mr. R. K. Winslow; one taken from a 
flock of three on Lake Erie, by Mr. H. E. Chubb; Alum 
