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Oidemia deglandi Bonap. 



White-winged Scoter; "Brass-wing Diver." 



Abundant summer resident. 



This scoter is abundant in summer as well as in the migrations along 

 the Labrador coast. Audubon found great numbers on the southern 

 Labrador coast in mid-June, but he says that few stay to breed. He 

 found nests June 1st to 10th and young several days old on July 28th. 

 Stearns on the other hand, who found them common in the fall and rare 

 in the spring, says they are not known to breed. Frazar says they are 

 common in summer about Cape Whittle but apparently -none breed. 

 Palmer saw several flocks at the Mingan Islands. Coues and Bigelow 

 report them as abundant on the eastern coast and Spreadborough 

 found them abundant from Moose Factory to Richmond Gulf in June, 

 1896. Audubon's record is the only definite one we can find of the 

 breeding of this scoter. 



Cooke ('06, p. 61) says: "This scoter breeds along the north shore 

 of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and north to Nachvak Bay, Labrador, 

 about latitude 59°." Like most sea birds the scoters are not found 

 in Labrador in winter owing to the absence of open water, except 

 occasionally on the southern coast and near the outer islands. 



We found this the most abundant of the three scoters as already 

 recorded. 



Oidemia perspicillata (Linn.). 

 Surf Scoter; "Bottle-nosed Diver." 



Abundant summer resident. 



From the time of Cartwright to the present day this bird has been 

 called "Bottle-nosed Diver" by the Labrador men. It is an abun- 

 dant migrant all along the Labrador coast. It is common there in 

 summer and breeds. Audubon saw "millions" in southern Labra- 

 dor passing north. A few stayed and he found one nest near Little 

 Mecattina. Neither Stearns nor Frazar found it breeding. Coues 

 found it abundant along the eastern coast "where many breed." 

 Packard says it is "rare in Hudson Strait. Abundant on the eastern 

 coast of Labrador, where it breeds sparingly." Spreadborough 

 found it common from Cape Jones to Richmond Gulf in June, 1896. 



Our experience with this bird is related under 0. americana. 



