DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NOKTH AMEPaCA. 



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Subgenus MELANITTA Boie. 

 OIDEMIA DEQLANDl (Boiia/y.). 



White-winged Scoter. White=winged Coot. 



Adult mala: Geii(M-:il plumage, black; iifipcr niaiidibk', onuiiic. lilaekish at the liasc; a 

 wliite spot under the eye anil a broad patch of white on the wing; feathers on the bill less 

 than one half inch from the nostril. 



V^$' -1 



(Male.) 



(EeiiKilL-.) 



Adult female : Is grayish brown, slinwing a wash of grayish white at the t)ase of the Ijill 

 and behind tlie ears; tlie speculum is white, whioli is a distinguishing character of this 

 species. 



Length, 21; wing, 11.1.5; tarsus, 2; bill (cuhnen), 1.75; side measure, 2. 7.5. 



Geographical distrilmtioii : '• Xorthern North America, Ijreeding in Labrador and the fur 

 covmtries; soutli in winter to Cliesapeake Bay, Southern Illinois and San Quentin Bay, Lower 

 California." (A. 0. U.) 



This species is common on th<^ Atlantic coast durino: the migration, and is 

 well known to New England gunners by tlie name of "White-winged Coot." 

 The eggs aie descrilied as being butt' or cream color, six to ten in number, 

 the nest being placed on the ground. 



