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Melanitia nigra scccccccccees -.» Brehm. Hand.der Nat. aller, 
Vo. Deut. 9038. 
ANAS NUGTA sss... bag tin Bea teenoy Linn. Syst. 1. 196. 
Gmel. Syst. 1. 588. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 848. 
ANAS NIGVA MINOY weeceesceceecece fait Syn. 141 A. 
NPCWAANIGTA SE oN weiccests nec kkk Flem. Brit. An. 119. 
Scoter or Black Diver ........... Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 484. 
Pee DI ACLOUSC 0 Sy cab cacisediscxanbes Buff. Ois. 9. 234, pl. 16, 
A native of the northern regions, but migrating southwards 
during winter down the European Continent; breeds, like its 
congeners, on the coast in northern latitudes, making its nest near 
the water-mark of grass, sea-weed, and other rubbish, and near the 
time of hatching lines its nest with down from the body; lays from 
six to ten white eggs. - 
MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA. 
Mel. Mas.—Rostro aurantiaco, macula quadrangulari utrinque 
baso atro; speculo nullo. 
Mel. Fem.—Brunnea, macula cinerea utrinque ad basin rostri. 
SURF DUCK. 
Male scoter, with the bill orange, a quadrangular patch on each 
side of the bill at the base; no speculum. 
Fem.: brown duck, with a cinereous patch on each side at the 
base of the bill. 
IN. IN 
DONDE 05 dive ntaunnise's 19 TRNEK COC S20c0s etl otace 2 
UH Sodecca chaz 5 oe 13 Middle: toe co. akon. 23 
DGOE, ciowe'cys'ss sea se iz OULEP- 106 weincxedeoccess 24 
Male: bill orange, with a four-cornered diamond-shaped patch of 
black on each side at the base of the upper mandible; bill (raised at 
the base) short and thick; plumage in general dead black, slightly 
glossed on the sides of the neck, with a patch of white on the occiput, 
and another elongated one down the back of the neck; legs and toes 
orange, the webs dusky. 
_Fem.: dusky brown, lighter on the neck and belly; the raised 
portion of the bill not so prominent as in the male; an obscure patch 
behind the base of the bill on each side, and another elongated one 
between it and the occiput. 
