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162. Somateria spectabilis (Linn.). 



King Eider. 



Anas spectabilis Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 123. 

 Somateria spectabilis Leach, in Ross's Voy. Disc. 18 19, App^ 

 p. xlviii. 



[B608, C515, R 629, C 736.] 



Geog. Dist. — Northern parts of northern hemisphere, breeding in 

 the Arctic regions ; in North America south casually in winter to 

 Georgia and the Great Lakes. 



Genus OIDEMIA Fleming. 



Subgenus OIDEMIA. 



Oidemia Fleming, Philos. Zool. II. 1822, 260. Type, by elim- 

 ination, Anas nigra Linn. 



163. Oidemia americana Sw. & Rich. 



American Scoter. 



Oidemia americana Sw. & Rich. Faun. Bor. Amer. II. 183 1, 450. 



[B 604, C 516, R630, C737.] 



Geog. Dist. — Coasts and larger inland waters of northern North 

 America; breeds in Labrador and the northern interior; south in 

 winter to New Jersey, the Great Lakes, Colorado, and California. 



Subgenus MELANITTA Boie. 



Melanitta Boie, Isis, 1822, 564. Type, by elimination. Anas 

 fusca Linn. 



[164.] Oidemia fusca (Linn.). 



Velvet Scoter. 



A7tas fusca Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 123. 



Oidemia fusca Stephens, Gen. Zool. XII. pt. ii. 1824, 216. 



[B— C— , R631, C— .] 



Geog. Dist. — Northern Old World; accidental (?) in Greenland- 



