234 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 
in winter south to Florida and California. I have killed specimens on the 
Indian River and saw it at Lake Worth, although it cannot be considered as 
a common bird in Florida every year, probably occurring there in numbers 
only when the northern winters are unusually severe. 
Suscenus MELANITTA Bote. 
(Male.) (Female.) 
OIDEMIA DEGLANDI Bonap. 
White-winged Scoter. White-winged Coot. 
Adult male: General plumage black ; ~ffer mandible orange, blackish at the base; a white 
spot under the eye and a broad patch of white on the wing; feathers on the bill less than 
one half inch from the nostril. 
Adult female: 1s grayish brown, showing a wash of grayish white at the base of the biil and 
behind the ears; the speculum is white, which is a distinguishing character of this species. 
Length, 21; Wing, 11.15; Tarsus, 2; Bill (culmen), 1.75; side measure, 2.75. 
It breeds from Labrador northward, ranging in winter South to Florida 
and California. I found it on the Banana River and Lake Worth during 
the winter of 1894-5. 
The eggs are described as being buff or cream color, six to ten in num- 
ber, the nest being placed on the ground. 
