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(a) American Scoter (Oidemia americana). 



Entire plumage black, no speculum; bill, black and orange on 

 basal half ; legs and feet black. Length, i8 in. 



Female. — Sooty brown ; bill black, sometimes marked with yellow ; 

 legs and feet olive brown. Length, i8 in. 



/fa*.— North America, Arctic region to New Jersey on east coast, 

 California on Pacific ; Great Lakes. Accidental in Missouri. 



51. King Eider. — Somateria spectaUlis. 



Top of head gray, cheeks pale green ; head, throat, neck, upper 

 part of neck, wing coverts, and large patch on each side of rump white ; 

 line along base of bill, spot beneath the eye, and broad V-shaped 

 mark from chin along sides of throat, black ; breast dark cream color ; 

 lower back, rump, and rest of under parts black ; tail brownish black. 

 Length, 23 in. 



Female. — Head, chin, throat dark buff streaked with brown ; chest 

 and sides light buff ; back and under parts blackish brown ; tail black ; 

 legs and feet dull ochre. Length, 23 in. 



Hab. — Arctic regions, south on Atlantic to Georgia, Great Lakes. 

 Not found on Pacific south of Alaska. 



Note. — The Pacific Eider and the Spectacled Eider are similar birds, found 

 only in Alaska. 



52. American Eider. — Somateria dresseri. 



Top of head black with white stripe on occiput ; cheeks, chin, throat, 

 and neck black ; lesser and middle wing doverts and patch on either 

 side of rump white ; greater wing coverts and secondaries brownish 

 black; lower part of back, rump, upper and under tail coverts, and 

 under parts below breast, black ; breast cream color ; tail brown ; bill 

 olive green ; legs and feet green. Length, 22 in. 



Female. — Plumage brown ; head streaked with narrow black lines; 

 bill, legs, and feet like male. Size same. 



Hab. — North America from Labrador to Delaware on Atlantic 

 Coast ; occasional on Great Lakes. 



(a) Eider {Somateria mollissima). 



Very similar to No. 52, the description of one answers well for the 

 other. 



/fa*.— Northeastern coast North America, south to Massachu- 

 setts. 



