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THE VELVET-SCOTER. 
CEpemia Fusca (Linnzeus). 
The Velvet-Scoter, easily distinguished from the preceding species 
by its larger size and the conspicuous white band on the wing, is 
far less numerous on our coasts in autumn and winter; but Mr. 
Cordeaux has observed that in Lynn and Boston ‘deeps’ a pair or 
two are found associating with almost every flock of Common 
Scoters, and I have noticed the same off Southport in Lancashire. 
Along the south of England it is not infrequent, though never very 
plentiful, while it seems to be rare in the west and in Wales; occa- 
sionally it visits inland waters. It is of irregular occurrence in 
winter off Northumberland, and there, as well as in the Firth of 
Forth and St. Andrews Bay, non-breeding birds have been observed 
throughout the summer. As a rule the Velvet-Scoter is more 
abundant on the east side of Scotland than on the west, and it is 
common in some of the Orkneys ; yet it is an unusual visitor to 
the Shetlands, while it is rare in the Hebrides. There is some slight 
evidence that a few pairs have bred in parts of the northern High- 
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