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162. Somateria spectabilis (Linn.).^ 



King Eider. 



Anas spectabilis Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 123. 

 Somateria spectabilis Leach, in Ross's Voy. Disc. 1819, App. 

 p. xlviii. 



[B608, CsiS>R629, C736.J 



Geog. Dist. — Northern parts of northern hemisphere, breeding in 

 the Arctic regions ; in North America south casually in winter to 

 Georgia and the Great Lakes. 



Genus OIDEMIA Fleming. 



Subgenus OIDEMIA. 



Oidemia Fleming, Philos. Zool. II. 1822, 260. Type, by elim- 

 ination. Anas nigra Linn. 



163. Oidemia americana Sw. & Rich. 



American Scoter. 



Oidemia americana Sw. & Rich. Faun. Bor. Amer. II. 1831, 450. 



[B 604, C 516, R 630, C 737.] 



Geog. Dist. — Coasts and larger inland waters of northern North 

 America ; breeds in Labrador and the northern interior ; south in 

 winter to New Jersey, the Great Lakes, Colorado, and California. 



Subgenus MELANITTA Boie. 



Melanitta BoiE, Isis, 1822, 564. Type, by elimination, Anas 

 fusca Linn. 



[164.] Oidemia fusca (Linn.). 

 Velvet Scoter. 



Anas fusca Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 123. 



Oidemia fusca Stephens, Gen. Zool. XII. pt. ii. 1824, 216. 



[B— C— R631, C— .] 



Geog. Dist. — Northern Old World; accidental (?) in Greenland. 



