﻿VELVET SCOTER. 125 



species is, as its name indicates, of a velvet black, with the 

 exception of a space behind the eye, and a bar across the 

 wing, which are pure white ; the beak is orange, margined 

 with black ; the legs and feet scarlet. 



The female is smaller than the male : her general plumage 

 dusky-brown ; the under parts ash-grey, streaked and spotted 

 with dusky-brown ; between the beak and the eye and on 

 the ear-coverts are greyish white spots ; the beak dusky ; 

 the legs and feet indian red. 



The egg figured 255 is that of the Velvet Scoter. 



