AVES. 45 



ANSERES. 



ANATIDAE. 



85. OIDEMIA AMERICANA Swainson. 



American scoter; Black coot; Butterbill; Butterbill coot; Tel- 

 low-billed coot. 



Swains., in Swains, and Rich., Fauna Boreali-Amer., 1831, vol. 2, 

 p. 450. "HUDSON'S BAY, LAT. 57." 



Fuligula americana (Swains.). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, 

 vol. 6, p. 343, pi. 403. 



Salt and fresh water; nests on the ground. 



ME., N. H. Common migrant and winter resident mainly 

 coastwise; a few non-breeding birds summer offshore. 



VT. Uncommon migrant: St. Johnsbury; Windsor. 



MASS. Common migrant and winter resident; a few non- 

 breeding birds summer offshore. Sept. 8-May 24 (summer). 



R. I. Common migrant and winter resident coastwise. Oct.- 

 May 11. 



CONN. Uncommon migrant and winter resident. Oct. 4-May. 



86. OIDEMIA DEGLANDI Bonaparte. 



White-winged scoter; May white-wing; Velvet duck; White- 

 winged coot. 



Bonap., Rev. crit. de Torn. Europ. de Dr. Degland, 1850, p. 108. 

 "AMERICA." 



Fuligula fusca (Linne"). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, vol. 6, 

 p. 332, pi. 401. 



Salt and fresh water; nests on the ground. 



ME., N. H. Common migrant and winter resident mainly 

 coastwise; a few non-breeding birds summer offshore. 



VT. Rare migrant : Middlebury. 



MASS. Common migrant and winter resident mainly coastwise; 

 a few non-breeding birds summer offshore. Sept. 6-May 25 

 (summer). 



