SEA DUCKS. 



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men. In both species the culnien \» diviiled hy a wodffo of fcnthers roneliitijj 

 forward from tlie forehead. Looked at from tliu tip of tliu hill, tlie biuse of 

 the culiiieM m thus V-shapid. In (/rcuseri the uriim of thu V ure very broad 

 and rouiiihd ut the cnd^, while in horenlis tln-y iirc muoh niirrowtr and gen- 

 erally pointed ut the ends. L., -JiSOO ; W., ll-iRi ; Tar., 1-T<" ; H., '2 1<». 



Jiaiiije. — Breeds from the Hay of Fundy to Lal)rador; winters Bouthward 

 to Delaware; oeeu.siouul in winter on the (ireat Lukes. 



Long Lslund, rare \V. V. 8ing Sing, A. V., Dee. 



AV«i<, on the ground, generally sheltered by roeks. /!'ijff«,&vc to eighty 

 pale bluish or greenish, tinged with olive, 300 x 2"00. 



This species is of more southern distribution than the preceding, 

 which it re.seinl»les in habits. During their visits to the coasts of the 

 United States the Eiders are true Sea Ducks, living .some distance off 

 shore, generally over a bed of mussels, which they secure by diving, 

 and which constitute their chief food, 



168. Somatcria specto.bili» (Linn.). Kivo EinEK. Ail. i.— 

 Kegiou about the ba.se of the upper mandible and a large V-sfuiped mark on 

 the throat blaek ; top of the liead bluish gray ; eheeks greenish ; neek all 

 around white; front and .sides of the breast ereamy butt'; ui>per buek, sides 

 of the rump, and wing-coverts white; rest of the plumage blaek. Ail. 9. — 

 Head and throat butty ochraeeous, the former streaked with black ; back 

 blaek, the feathers widely margined witli ochraeeous or rufous ; under parts 

 varying from brownish gray to fu.scous, more or less wardie<l, especially on 

 the breast, with ochraeeous or rufous. Im.—VvXat and with less oehruceous. 

 L., 23-00 ; W., 10-SO ; Tar,. 1-80 ; P... 1-nn. 



Tii'm(trl:9.—'^\\ii adult male of this species mpy at once be known by its 

 bluisli-gray head and the V-shaped mark on its tiiroat. Females and young 

 binls resemble those of the two preceding species, but are to be distinguished 

 by the generally imstn'aked throat and the featherins of the side of the ba.>*c 

 of the bill, wbidi in this .species does not, as in the two preceding, reach to 

 the nostril. 



/i'«//f/r.— Breeds from Gulf of 8t. Lawrence noithward. and winters south- 

 ward more or less regularly to Long Island and tlie Great Lukes; casually as 

 far as Virginia, and on one occasion Georgia. 



Long Island, regular W. V. 



Xext., on the ground, among rocks or herbage. £j/j/«, six to ten, light olive- 

 gray to grayi.sh green, S-li; x 1-92 (Davie). 



While in our waters this species does not differ from the preceding 

 in habits. 



163* Oidemia americanai iSV. and Rich. Amerkav Rcoter; 



Black Coot. Ad. i . — Entire plumage black, feathers on the side of the bill 

 e.xtending little if any forward beyond the corner of the mouth ; bill black; 

 upper mandible orange or yellowish at the base. L., 19 00; W., O'OO; Tar., 

 1'70; B. along eulmen, l-TA ; B. along side, 1-8.'). 



^ffawffe.— Coasts and larger lakes of northern North America; breeds in 



