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behind the cheek. All the upper parts chocolate 

 brown of a greyish cast. On lower part of neck all 

 round the feathers are grey brown, with paler edges. 

 Lower parts white, with part of the sides grey brown. 

 Legs and feet grey green. Length, from bill to tail, 

 sixteen inches, 



THE BLACK SCOTER, 



(CEdemia nigra.) 



Male. — Bill black, with a patch of orange yellow 

 on the upper mandible. Upper plumage deep black, 

 tinged with green ; lower parts brownish-black. 

 Iris dusky; legs and feet brownish-black; the 

 membranes darker. Length, from bill to tail, 

 nineteen inches. 



Female. — Bill dusky ; upper parts sooty brown ; 

 sides of head and neck paler. The lower part of 

 the neck, the breast, and the belly greyish-brown. 

 Length, from bill to tail, eighteen inches. 



THE VELVET SCOTER. 



( CEdemia fusca. ) 



Male. — The prominence on the upper basal part 

 of the bill, the nostrils, part of the lateral pro- 

 minences, the margins of the upper mandible, and 

 a streak on each side of the nail black. The sides 

 rich orange ; the nail and part of the ridge reddish 

 flesh colour ; basal half of lower mandible black, 

 the rest lake red. The general plumage black, with 



