42 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



Near Omaha, Neb., it has been taken as early as September 16, 

 1893, and September 19, 1895 (Osprey vol. 3, p. 131). 



[162. SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS (Linn.). King Eider]. 



Fuligula spectabilis. 



Geog. Dist. Northern part of northern hemisphere. Breeds 

 in Arctic region from the Atlantic to Pacific ; in America in winter 

 south to New Jersey and the Great Lakes, rarely south to Georgia 

 and California. 



Mr. Wm. E. Praeger has in his collection a young male which 

 was shot on the Mississippi River near Keokuk, November 10, 

 1894 (Auk, vol. 12, p. 86). 



163. OIDEMIA AMERICANA Swains. American Scoter. 



Anas nigra. Fuligula americana. Black Scoter. Sea Coot. Scoter Duck. 



Geog. Dist. Northern North America and eastern Asia. 

 In summer in the Hudson Bay country, but breeding most abun- 

 dantly on the Pacific coast from the Aleutian Islands to Kotzebue 

 Sound and northeastern Asia. In winter to the coasts, lakes and 

 larger rivers of the United States, chiefly north and eastward, 

 rarely to lower Mississippi Valley and on the Pacific coast to 

 California. Also in Japan. 



Black Scoters in immature plumage are probably not as rare 

 in Missouri as appears from captured specimens. They have 

 repeatedly been taken in southeastern Nebraska, and Mr. W. E. 

 Praeger obtained one at the Des Moines rapids near Keokuk, 

 October 31, 1895. An immature specimen killed near St. Louis, 

 November 24, 1875, is in the Hurter collection, and there is a 

 report, though somewhat questionable, of a flock of fifty being 

 seen May 2, 1883, on a millet field near Anna, Union Co., in 

 southern Illinois, feeding on the newly sown seed. 



165. OIDEMIA DEGLANDI Bonap. White-winged Scoter. 



Anas fusca. Fuligula fusca. Oidemia fusca. Oidemia bimaculata. 

 Oidemia velvetina. Melanetta velvetina. Oidemia fusca velvetina. 

 Velvet Scoter. White-winged Coot. Black Surf Duck. Velvet Duck. 



Geog. Dist. Northern North America; breeding from Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence to 59 lat. in Labrador, and from North Dakota 

 and Alberta to Hudson Bay and mouth of the Mackenzie River; 

 less commonly from British Columbia to Kotzebue Sound and 

 the coast of northeastern Siberia. In winter to the coast of the 



