250 WILD-FOWL AND SEA-FOWL OF GREAT BRITAIN 



violet reflections on the head and neck, and, on 

 the back, green and blue ; on the wing is a large 

 patch of white. The legs and feet are richly- 

 coloured with rich orange and lake ; webs brownish- 

 black. Iris greyish-white, with a dusky outside 

 ring. Length, from bill to tail, twenty-one inches. 

 Female. — The basal prominences less in size. 

 General colour of upper parts brownish-black ; 

 lower parts lighter. Legs and feet like the male, 

 but duller. A patch of white on the wing. Length, 

 twenty-one inches. 



THE SURF SCOTER. 



(CEdemia perspicillata.) 



Male. — The upper mandible is orange red, with 

 the nail greyish-yellow ; on the protuberance of 

 each side at the base a large square patch of 

 black, margined with orange red, except in front, 

 where there is a patch of greyish-white ; the lower 

 mandible flesh-coloured. On the top of the head 

 is a roundish patch of white ; on the hind-neck a 

 larger lengthened patch of the same. Upper 

 plumage deep black, glossed with blue, lighter 

 below ; iris yellowish-white ; legs and feet orange 

 red, webs dusky. Length, from bill to tail, twenty 

 inches. 



Female. — The base of the bill less protuberant ; 

 colour, greenish-black. General colour of plumage 

 brownish-black above, lighter below. Legs and 

 feet yellowish-orange. Length, from bill to tail, 

 nineteen inches. 



