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rence; the species has also been noted occasionally in the in- 

 terior on Lakes Cayuga, Oneida, Ontario, Michigan, and 

 Erie. The Pacific members of this species winter freely in 

 the Aleutians; south to the Shumagin and Kadiak islands. 

 Scientifically it is called "Somateria spectabilis." 



American Scoter: 



"Oidemia americana," is the scientific term by which 

 this duck is called, and it remains in winter around New- 

 foundland, except when driven away by drift ice. South- 

 ward it is not rare to Long Island Sound and the coast of 

 New T Jersey. Inland, it is not uncommon on the Great 

 Lakes, and has been recorded at various places in neighbor- 

 ing states. The Pacific birds winter from the Aleutian Is- 

 lands south to Santa Barbara Islands, California, and also 

 west to Japan on the Asiatic side. 



White- winged Scoter: 



"Oidemia deglandi" range in winter through the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence, south along the Atlantic coast to South 

 Carolina, while in the interior it ranges south regularly and 

 commonly to the Great Lakes, and less commonly in adjoin- 

 ing small bodies of water in the neighboring states. On the 

 Pacific coast it winters from Unalaska Island to San Quen- 

 tin Bay, Lower California. 



Surf Scoter: 



"Oidemia perspicillata, " or Surf Scoter stays during 

 the winter around the Gulf of St. Lawrence until forced 

 away by ice, and passes the balance of the winter from about 

 the Bay of Fundy south to Florida. It is exceedingly abun- 

 dant from Massachusetts to New Jersey, and still common 

 to North Carolina. On the Pacific coast it extends from 

 the Aleutians south to San Quentin Bay, Lower California. 



