BLACK SCOTER. 



(Oidemia nigra.) 



Oi. corpore toto nigro (mas.) : velfusco (feniina.) 



Scoter with the body entirely black (male) : or brown (female.} 



Anas nigra. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 196. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1.508. 



Briss. Orn. 6. 420. pi. 38. /. 2. male. Lath. Jnd. Orn. 2. 



848. 



Anas nigra minor. Rail, Syn. 141. A. 

 LaMacreuse. Biiff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 234. pi. 16. Buff. PI. 



Enl. 978. Cnv. Reg. Anim. 1 . 532. 

 Canard Macreuse. Temm. man. d'Orn. 554. Id. 2 Edit. it. 



856. 

 Scoter, or Black Diver. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 273. Penn. Arct. 



Zool. -2. 4S4. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 430. Wale. Syn. \.p>. 59. 



Lew. Brit. Birds, 7. pi. 249. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. and Sup. 



Beiv. Brit. Birds, 2. 325. Wils. Amer. Orn. r. viii. p. 135. 



pi. xcii. f. 2. 

 YOUNG. Anas cinerascens. Beclcstein. Temm. man. d' Orn. 555. 



LENGTH eighteen inches : on the base of the beak 

 is a spherical protuberance : the beak is black, with 

 the exception of the nostrils, which are orange, and a 

 yellow longitudinal band on the globe of the beak : 

 the irides are brown : the naked circle of the eyes 

 is yellow : the entire plumage is of a deep velvety 

 black : the tarsi and toes are ashy-brown ; the mem- 

 branes black. The female is less, and has the top 

 of the head, the occiput, and the nape deep brown, 

 nearly black : the cheeks and throat are bright ash 

 spotted with brown : the back, wings, and belly are 



