40 THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. 
— An irregular winter visitant. Dr. Rives says it ‘has been 
obtained this winter up the bay” (1884~-5),! Lawton says? the 
bird is “now and then met with” at Newport. Mr. O. Durfee 
writes that he is informed that ‘this bird is tolerably common 
off Sakonnet Point in winter, one was shot there about the 
middle of February, 1899.’ Two were found in the collection 
of Mr. R. L. Agassiz, taken in December, 1885, at Newport now 
in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cam- 
bridge, Mass. Mr. H. S. Hathaway writes that a female was 
taken at Nayatt Point on November 27, 1879, one at Wickford 
in February, 1895, a male at Nayatt Point, January 1, 1884, 
probably the bird Dr. Rives referred to, and a male at Nar- 
ragansett Pier about January 30, 1898, now in the collection. 
November 27 to February. 
(54) 163. Oidemia americana Swains. AMERICAN Sco- 
Ter. Butter-bill. American Scoter Duck.  Butter-bill Coot. 
Yellow-billed Coot. — A common winter resident along the coast, 
not often met with in Narragansett Bay. 
October to May 11. 
(55) 165. Oidemia deglandi Bonap. WHITE-wINGED Sco- 
TER. Great May. White-wing. May White-wing. Velvet Duck. 
Velvet Scoter.-- A common winter resident along the coast and 
in Narragansett Bay. The most common of the Scoters. Its 
peculiar May migration to the westward is spoken of at length 
under “ Migration.’’ Crippled and barren birds are seen through- 
out the summer, perhaps most commonly in the Bay. 
September 15 to June 7. June, July and August. 
(56) 166. Oidemia perspicillata (Linn.). Surr Scorer. 
Patch-poll Coot. Skunk-head. Surf Duck. Patch-bill Coot. Fe- 
males are called Gray Coot.— A common winter resident along 
the coast and in Narragansett Bay. Crippled and barren birds 
are seen during the summer months. 
September 1 to May 14. July and August. 
1 Dr. Rives List, p. 40. 
* Lawton’s List, p. 16. 
