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and California ; Kamchatka and North-eastern Asia ; migrating 

 in winter south to Corea and Japan. 



In habits and nidification it does not differ from 0. nigra, 

 Its eggs are said to be pale brownish buff, and to measure 

 about 2*55 by 1-80. 



871. SURF SCOTER. 



CEDEMIA PERSPICILLATA. 



fEdemia perspldllata (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p.201 (1766) ; (Naum.), xii. 

 p. 140, Taf. 314 ; Gould, B. of E. v. pi. 376 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. v. 

 pi. 30 ; Dresser, vi. p. 669, pi. 450 ; (Audub.), B. Am. vi. p. 337, 

 pi. 402 ; Salvador!, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxvii. p. 412 ; Tacz. F. O. Sib. 

 0. p. 1188; Kidgway, p. 113; Saunders, p. 469; Lilford, vii. 

 p. 135, pi. 57. 



( ad. (New Brunswick). Entire plumage velvety black ; a large 

 patch on the crown, and a large triangular one on the nape pure white ; 

 tipper mandible bulged into a large lump on each side of the base, and 

 raised centrally nearly to the tooth ; space round the nostrils rich red, 

 becoming orange-yellow on the sides ; space before and behind this band 

 pure white ; tooth pale yellow ; a large black patch on each side of the bill, 

 the space between this patch and the feathers orange-yellow and vermilion- 

 red ; legs dull pinkish red ; iris white. Gape 2'5, wing 9'6, tail 3'6, 

 tarsus 1*8 inch. The female has the crown blackish brown, the sides of 

 head and neck dull brown ; on the nape a triangular whitish patch 

 marked with blackish brown ; a brownish white patch in front of the eye, 

 and another behind the chin ; plumage otherwise dark brown, the upper 

 parts darker and with narrow paler margins ; bill less swollen than in the 

 male and blackish plumbeous ; legs warm olivaceous ; iris greyish. 



Hob. Northern America, breeding in the Arctic regions and 

 in winter migrating south to Jamaica, the Carolina^, Ohio 

 River, and Lower California ; of accidental occurrence in 

 Britain, Scandinavia, the northern coasts of continental Europe 

 .and those of North-eastern Asia. 



In general habits it resembles the Velvet Scoter, and like 

 that species obtains its food chiefly by diving. It breeds in 

 Arctic America, its nest being a hollow in the ground, lined 

 with weeds and the dark down of the bird, and the eggs, 6 

 to 8 in number, resemble those of 0. fusca, but measure 2*45 

 by 175. 



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