124 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[164.] Oidemia fusca (LINN,). 



Velvet Scoter. 



Anas fusca LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 123. 



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



[B ,C , R6 3 i,C .] 



HAB. Northern Old World ; accidental (?) in Alaska and Green- 

 land. 



165. Oidemia deglandi BONAP. 



White-winged Scoter. 



Oidemia deglandi BONAP. Rev. Crit. de 1'Orn. Europ. de Dr. Degl., 

 1850, 108. 



[B6oi, 517, R 632, 738.] 



HAB. Northern North America, breeding in Labrador and the Fur 

 Countries ; south in winter to the Middle States, Southern Illinois, and 

 Southern California. 



SUBGENUS PELIONETTA KAUP. 



Pelionetta KAUP, Sk. Ent. Eur. Thierw. 1829, 107. Type, Anas 

 perspicillatus LINN. 



166. Oidemia perspicillata (LINN.). 



Surf Scoter. 



Anas perspicillata LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 125. 



Oidemia perspicillata STEPHENS, Gen. Zool. XII. pt. ii. 1824, 219. 



[B 602, 603, C 518, 518 a, R 633, C 739, 740.] 



HAB. Coasts and larger inland waters of Northern North America ; 

 in winter south to the Carolinas, the Ohio River, and Lower California. 



GENUS ERISMATURA BONAPARTE. 



Erismatura BONAP. Saggio Distr. Meth. 1832, 143. Type, Anas 

 rubidus WILS. 



167. Erismatura rubida (WILS.). 



Ruddy Duck. 



Anas rubidus WILSON. Am. Orn. VIII. 1814, 128. 

 Erismatura rubida BONAP. Comp. List, 1838, 59. 



