﻿AMERICAN 
  SCOTEK. 
  59 
  

  

  Labrador, 
  latitude 
  59°; 
  Southampton 
  Island. 
  Hudson 
  Bay. 
  latitude 
  

   63°; 
  west 
  along 
  the 
  Arctic 
  coast 
  to 
  Icy 
  Cape 
  and 
  Point 
  Barrow, 
  to 
  St. 
  

  

  Lawrence 
  Island 
  in 
  Bering 
  Sea. 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  coast 
  of 
  northern 
  

   Siberia. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  rather 
  rare 
  in 
  northeastern 
  Europe. 
  It 
  is 
  

   abundant 
  on 
  the 
  arctic 
  islands 
  north 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  Melville 
  Island, 
  lati- 
  

   tude 
  76 
  : 
  . 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  latitude 
  in 
  Wellington 
  Channel. 
  

  

  Winter 
  range. 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  winters 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  open 
  water 
  can 
  

   be 
  found, 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  southern 
  Greenland. 
  It 
  is 
  common 
  during 
  the 
  

   winter 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence, 
  whence 
  a 
  few 
  stray 
  each 
  winter 
  

   to 
  Long 
  Island 
  Sound 
  and 
  the 
  New 
  Jersey 
  coast: 
  casual 
  at 
  Cape 
  

   Charles, 
  Va.. 
  January 
  2, 
  1897; 
  Ossabaw 
  Island. 
  Georgia. 
  December 
  1. 
  

   1904; 
  St. 
  Catherine 
  Island. 
  Georgia. 
  December 
  3. 
  1904; 
  Brunswick, 
  

   Ga.. 
  April 
  25 
  and 
  May 
  5. 
  1890. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  noted 
  occasionally 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  on 
  Lakes 
  

   Cayuga, 
  Oneida. 
  Ontario. 
  Erie, 
  and 
  Michigan. 
  The 
  Paciric 
  birds 
  win- 
  

   ter 
  abundantly 
  in 
  the 
  Aleutians, 
  south 
  to 
  the 
  Shumagin 
  and 
  Kadiak 
  

   islands: 
  accidental 
  near 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  winter 
  of 
  1879. 
  

  

  Spring 
  migration.. 
  — 
  Even 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Greenland 
  migratory 
  

   movements 
  of 
  the 
  king 
  eider 
  are 
  noticed 
  in 
  early 
  February; 
  the 
  first 
  

   arrival 
  was 
  noted 
  at 
  Igloolik, 
  latitude 
  69 
  : 
  . 
  April 
  16. 
  1823: 
  Wellington 
  

   Channel, 
  latitude 
  76 
  c 
  . 
  June 
  9, 
  1851; 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Fort 
  Conger, 
  latitude 
  

   82°, 
  June 
  12. 
  1872; 
  June 
  16, 
  1882; 
  June 
  11. 
  1883. 
  The 
  Pacific 
  birds 
  

   arrived 
  at 
  Point 
  Barrow, 
  latitude 
  71 
  : 
  . 
  April 
  27. 
  1882. 
  and 
  May 
  5. 
  

   1883; 
  eggs. 
  Floeberg 
  Beach, 
  latitude 
  82 
  c 
  30', 
  July 
  9, 
  1876. 
  The 
  last 
  

   breeding 
  birds 
  desert 
  southern 
  Greenland 
  late 
  in 
  April, 
  though 
  non- 
  

   breeders 
  are 
  not 
  rare 
  through 
  the 
  summer, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  

   presence 
  of 
  these 
  that 
  has 
  given 
  rise 
  to 
  reports 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  breeds 
  

   in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence; 
  late 
  birds 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  on 
  the 
  

   Massachusetts 
  coast 
  April 
  5. 
  1890: 
  April 
  10, 
  1893: 
  April 
  12, 
  1891:: 
  on 
  

   Long 
  Island 
  April 
  21. 
  1887. 
  and. 
  as 
  already 
  noted, 
  at 
  Brunswick. 
  Ga.. 
  

   May 
  5. 
  1890. 
  

  

  FaU 
  migration. 
  — 
  This 
  eider 
  wanders 
  south 
  in 
  late 
  fall, 
  the 
  average 
  

   date 
  wheu 
  it 
  arrives 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Massachusetts 
  and 
  Long 
  Island 
  

   being 
  November 
  14 
  (earliest. 
  October 
  21. 
  1899): 
  it 
  was 
  noted 
  on 
  Lake 
  

   Erie 
  November 
  13. 
  1891:. 
  and 
  at 
  Calgary. 
  Alberta. 
  November 
  -1. 
  1894. 
  

   The 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  fall 
  migration 
  at 
  Point 
  Barrow 
  is 
  during 
  September 
  

   and 
  October, 
  and 
  in 
  1S82 
  the 
  last 
  one 
  was 
  seen 
  there 
  December 
  2. 
  off 
  

   St. 
  Michael 
  October 
  12. 
  1879. 
  and 
  at 
  Fort 
  Simpson. 
  Mackenzie. 
  

   October 
  25. 
  1903. 
  

  

  Oidemia 
  americana 
  Sw. 
  & 
  Rich. 
  American 
  Scoter. 
  

  

  Breeding 
  range. 
  — 
  The 
  lack 
  of 
  information 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  breeding 
  

   of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  northeastern 
  North 
  America 
  is 
  surprising. 
  The 
  

   species 
  was 
  described 
  from 
  the 
  west 
  shore 
  of 
  Hudson 
  Bay. 
  and 
  occurs 
  

   on 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  Labrador 
  and 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence, 
  but 
  there 
  

  

  