418 TEN YEAKS IN SWEDEN. 



found them breeding commonly in all the low meadows 

 round Quickiock. The egg hardly so clear in colour as that 

 of the last, 2 in. by li in. 



271. 0. PERSPICILLATA, Steph, Hvit nackad Svarta. The 



Surf Scoter. 



This North American species so closely resembles 

 the last in size,, absence of the wing speculum, etc., that 

 it may almost be doubted whether it is anything more 

 than a local form of the common scoter. The beak in 

 the male is yellow-red, with a square patch of black on 

 either side ; irides cream white ; a patch of white on 

 the crown of the head, and another on the back of the 

 neck; the whole of the body plumage black. The 

 female has a dusky bill, and the whole body plumage 

 brown. 

 One specimen shot in 1836 at Karesuando, Lapland. 



Subgen. 3. Clangula. 



Beak small, elevated at the base, much more contracted 

 than in the Fuligulce; lamellae not projecting ; nostrils in the 

 middle of the beak; tail pointed; nail occupies the greatest 

 part of the beak point. 



272. CLANGULA VULGAEIS, Leach. Knip And. The Golden 



Eye. D. F. 



Male, wing speculum white ; nail occupies one-third 

 of the beak point ; beak black ; nostrils nearer the tip 

 than the base ; head bushy in male, glossy green ; in 

 female brown, with a white ring round the neck. Male, 

 round white spot in the front of the eye ; back and ter- 

 tials black ; the long scapulars white, edged with 

 black ; all the under parts white. In the female, upper 

 parts are dusky ; breast grey ; under parts white ; and 

 the white on the wings less clear. Eye in both yellow; 

 beak blackish, occasionally the female has a yellow band 

 round the black nail. Birds of the year differ from the 

 female only in having the back more brown and the 

 breast not so white. 



