ORDER ANSERES. 



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165. Oidemia deglandi BONAP. 



White-winged Scoter. 



Oidemia deglandi BONAP. Rev. Crit. de 1'Orn. Europ. de Dr. 

 Degl., 1850, 108. 



[B6oi, C 517, R 632, C 738.] 



GEOG. DIST. Northern North America, breeding in Labrador and 

 the Fur Countries ; south in winter to Chesapeake Bay, Southern 

 Illinois, and San Quentin Bay, Lower California. 



SUBGENUS PELIONETTA KAUP. 



Pelionetta KAUP, Sk. Ent. Eur. Thierw. 1829, 107. Type, Anas 

 perspicillata LINN. 



166. Oidemia perspicillata (LINN.). 



Surf Scoter. 



Anas perspicillata LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 125. 



Oidemia perspicillata STEPHENS, Gen. Zool. XII. pt. ii. 1824, 219. 



[B 602, 603, C 518, 5180, R 633, C 739, 740.] 



GEOG. DIST. Coasts and larger inland waters of northern North 

 America ; in winter south to Florida, the Ohio River, and San Quentin- 

 Bay, Lower California. Accidental in Europe. 



GENUS ERISMATURA BONAPARTE. 



Erismatura BONAP. Saggio Distr. Meth. 1832, 143. Type, Anas 

 rubidus WILS. 



167. Erismatura rubida (WILS.). 



Ruddy Duck. 



Anas rubidus WILSON, Am. Orn. VIII. 1814, 128. 

 Erismatura rubida BONAP. Comp. List, 1838, 59. 



[B6o 9 , C 519, R6 34 , C 74 i.] 



GEOG. DIST. North America in general, south to the West Indies 

 and through Central America to Colombia ; breeds throughout much 

 of its North American ran^e and south to Guatemala. 



