124 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[164.] Oidemia fusca (Linn). 

 Velvet Scoter. 



Anas fusca LiXN S. N. ed. lo, I. 1758, 123. 



Oidemia fusca Stephens, Gen. Zool. XII. pt. ii. 1824, 216. 



[B-,C— , R63i,C— .] 



Hab. Northern Old World ; accidental (?) in Alaska and Green- 

 land. 



165. Oidemia deglandi Bonap. 



White-winged Scoter. 



Oidemia dcj;landi Boxap. Rev. Grit, de I'Orn. Europ. de Dr. Degl., 

 1850, 108. 



[B 601, C 517, R 632, C 738.] 



Hab. Northern North America, breeding in Labrador and the Fur 

 Countries ; south in winter to the Middle States, Southern Illinois, and 

 Southern California. 



Subgenus PELION13TTA Kaup. 



Pelioneita. Kaup, Sk. Ent. Eur. Thierw. 1829, 107. Type, Anas 

 pe}spi:ulaius LiXN. 



166. Oidemia pergpicillata (^ nn.). 



Surf Scoter. 



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



Oidejnia perspicillaia Stephens, Gen. Zool. XII. pt. ii. 1824, 219. 



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



Hab. Coasts and larger inland waters of Northern North America ; 

 in winter south to the Carolinas, the Ohio River, and Lower California. 



Genus ERISMATURA Bonaparte. 



Erismatura Bonap. Saggio Dis.tr. Meth. 1832, 143. Type, Anas 

 rubidus Wils. 



167. Erismatura rubida (Wils.). 



Ruddy Duck. 



Anas rubidus V^ii.so'H, Am. Orn. VIII. 1814, 128. 

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



