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is a conspicuous object when seen and can be iden- 

 tified by the jet black body and orange-colored bill, 

 but most of this species shot here are females or 

 young males, the adult male being rare. I shot 

 several between October 21 to November 1, 1891, 

 at Lake St. Peter, but all of them were females or 

 young males with blackish bills. 



Subgenus " Melanitta." Boie. 



46. White-winged Scoter. (Velvet-duck ; Deaf-duck.) 

 0. deglandi. Bonap. 



" Transient Visitant,'' common. The scoters are 

 rather too coarse eating to afford satisfactory sport, 

 but to the uninitiated duck-shooter they appear to 

 be a desirable duck to bag on account of their large 

 size. Like the preceding species the adult male is 

 a conspicuous object, having an orange-tipped bill, 

 but is seldom seen here ; those shot are generally 

 females or young males without the coloured bills. 

 Mr. Archibald Allan and myself shot only one of 

 this species between October 21 and November 1, 

 1891, at Lake St. Peter; the other scoters shot on 

 this occasion were all of the preceding species, but 

 I saw a small flock of this species flying down the 

 lake on the latter date, the white speculum on their 

 wings showing conspicuously in contrast with their 

 dark body. 



