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(a) American Scoter (Oidemia americand). 



Entire plumage black, no speculum; bill, black and orange on 

 basal half ; legs and feet black. Length, 18 in. 



Female. Sooty brown ; bill black, sometimes marked with yellow ; 

 legs and feet olive brown. Length, 18 in. 



Hab. North America, Arctic region to New Jersey on east coast, 

 California on Pacific ; Great Lakes. Accidental in Missouri. 



51. King Eider. Somateria spectabilis. 



Top of head gray, cheeks pale green ; head, throat, neck, upper 

 part of neck, wing coverts, and large patch on each side of rump white ; 

 line along base of bill, spot beneath the eye, and broad V-shaped 

 mark from chin along sides of throat, black ; breast dark cream color ; 

 lower back, rump, and rest of under parts black ; tail brownish black. 

 Length, 23 in. 



Female. Head, chin, throat dark buff streaked with brown ; chest 

 and sides light buff ; back and under parts blackish brown ; tail black ; 

 legs and feet dull ochre. Length, 23 in. 



Hab. Arctic regions, south on Atlantic to Georgia, Great Lakes. 

 Not found on Pacific south of Alaska. 



Note. The Pacific Eider and the Spectacled Eider are similar birds, found 

 only in Alaska. 



52. American Eider. Somateria dresseri. 



Top of head black with white stripe on occiput ; cheeks, chin, throat, 

 and neck black ; lesser and middle wing coverts and patch on either 

 side of rump white ; greater wing coverts and secondaries brownish 

 black; lower part of back, rump, upper and under tail coverts, and 

 under parts below breast, black ; breast cream color ; tail brown ; bill 

 olive green ; legs and feet green. Length, 22 in. 



Female. Plumage brown ; head streaked with narrow black lines; 

 bill, legs, and feet like male. Size same. 



Hab. North America from Labrador to Delaware on Atlantic 

 Coast ; occasional on Great Lakes. 



(a) Eider (Somateria mollissima). 



Very similar to No. 52, the description of one answers well for the 

 other. 



Hab. Northeastern coast North America, south to Massachu- 

 setts. 



