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URAL SCOTER. 



(Oidemia leucocephala.) 



Oi. capite collogue albis, macula verticis collarique nigris. 

 Scoter with the head and neck white, with a spot on the crown 



and collar on the neck black. 

 Anas leucocephala. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1.516. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 858. 



Anas mersa. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 520. 

 White-headed Duck. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 478. 

 Ural Duck. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 514. 

 Canard couronne. Temm. man. d'Orn. 556. Id. 2 Ed. ii. 859. 



SEVENTEEN inches in length : the base of the beak 

 is much elevated and channelled in the middle ; the 

 beak itself is entirely blue : the irides are yellow : the 

 top of the head is deep black : the cheeks, throat, and 

 occiput are pure white : the under part of the neck 

 and the nape are black : the breast, upper parts of 

 the body, and the sides are beautiful deep red, varied 

 with fine zigzag blackish-brown lines : the rump is 

 purple-red : the tail is black : the under parts of the 

 body are reddish-white : the legs are bluish-brown. 

 The female has all the red parts shaded with ashy- 

 brown : the zigzag lines are less distinct : the top of 

 the head, the occiput, and the nape are deep brown ; 

 a band of which colour reaches from the angle of the 

 beak to the orifices of the ears : the throat, cheeks, 

 and fore part of the neck are yellowish-white : the 

 rump is of a red-brown, striped with brown zigzag 

 lines : the tail is shorter than in the male : the beak 



