5®4 S C O T E R. Class II. 



fpot; and in each wing is a white feather; all 

 the reft: of the plumage is of a fine black, and of 

 the foft and delicate appearance of velvet : the 

 legs and feet are red -, the webs black. The female 

 is entirely of a deep brown color ; the marks be- 

 hind each ear and on the wings excepted : the bill 

 is of the fame colors with that of the male ; but 

 wants the protuberance at the bafe of it, which 

 Linnaus gives the male * 



73. Scoter. Black Diver, or Scoter. Wil. La Macreufe. BnJJbn av. VI. 

 orn. 366. 420. Tab. 38. fig. 2. 



Raiifyn.au. 141. Anas nigra. Lin.fyfi. 196, 



La Macreufe. Ray's Letters, Faun Suec fp. no. 



161. Br. Zool. 153. 

 Dale's bij}, Harwich, 405. 



Descrip. / I ^ HIS fpecies weighs two pounds nine ounces : 

 I the length is twenty-two inches ; the breadth 

 thirty-four : the middle of the bill is of a fine yel- 

 low, the reft is black : both male and female want 

 the hook at the end ; but on the bafe of the bill of 

 the former is a large knob, divided by a fifiure in 

 the middle. The tail confifts of fixteen fharp point- 

 ed feathers, of which the middle are the longeft. 

 The color of the whole plumage is black, that of 

 the head and neck glofied over with purple : the 

 legs are black. 



* Faun. Suec. laft edit, 39. 



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