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N ATA TORES. 



ANATID^E. 



ANA T1DJE. 



THE VELVET SCOTER. 



Anas fusca, Velvet Duck, 



Oidemia 



Anas 



Velvet Scoter. 



Oidemia fusca. 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 247. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 337. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 119. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 333. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 239. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xxii. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 854. 



OIDEMIA. Generic Characters. Bill swollen or tuberculated at the base, 

 large, elevated, and strong ; the tip much depressed and flattened, terminated by 

 a large Hat nail, which has its extremity rounded and slightly deflected ; mandi- 



