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Index 
Scaup Duck {continued) — 
Swimming powers, i. 73 
Weight, i. 66, 67 
Windpipe of male, i. 66 
Young life, i. 77, 78 
Schioler, E. Lehn : 
Collection of ducks of, cited, i. loi 
Note on breeding range of Barrow's Golden-Eye, i. 
lOI 
On colour changes in feathers, i. 3 
On the diving skill of a wounded and crippled female 
Eider, ii. 17 
On the nesting habits and incubation of the Eider, 
ii. 21, 22 
On the plumages of the Eider-Duck, ii. 7 
Scoter, comparative abundance of the three species, ii. 83 
Scoter, Black, nesting materials of, i. 125 
Scoter, Common, Oidemia nigra (Linn^us), ii. 52 et seqq. 
American Scoters, ii. 59 
Bill, knob on the, ii. 52, 53, 54 / 
Breeding range, ii. 55, 56 
Breeding season, ii. 60 
Call, ii. 59, 61, 64 
Capture, Continental methods, ii. 63 
Courtship, ii. 61 
Diet, ii. 59, 60, 64 
Sometimes enjoy vegetable food, ii. 60 
Distribution, ii. 55 
Diving, ii. 58, 64 
Down in nest, ii. 52, 61 
. Eggs, ii. 52, 55 note, 61, 62 
Feeding, ii. 57, 58, 63 
Flesh, rank and uneatable, ii. 63 
Flight, ii. 58, 59 
In foggy weather, ii. 59 
Whistling noise in, ii. 58 
Flocking of, ii. 57 
Habitat, ii. 57 
Habits, ii. 57 et seqq. 
A certain number do not migrate in the spring, ii. 
S7> 60 
Early departure from breeding grounds, ii. 57 
Flocking, ii. 57 
Separation of sexes and ages, ii. 59 
Shyest members of the genus, ii, 59, 61 
In confinement, ii. 58, 60, 63 
Incubation, ii. 52, 62 
Local names, ii. 52 
Maturity, age of, ii. 53 
Measurements, ii. 53, 54, 55 
Migration, ii. 57, 60 
Migration range, ii. 56 
Nest, ii. 61 
Nesting habits, ii. 61-63 
Parasites, ii. 63 
Plumage : 
Adult female, ii, 54, 55 
Scoter, Common {continued) — 
Plumage {continued) — 
Adult male, ii. 54 
Eclipse, ii. 54 
Immature female, ii- 54 
Immature male, ii. 52, 53, 54 
Young in down, ii. 52 
Shooting, ii. 57, 58, 59, 63 
American methods, ii. 59 
Swimming, ii. 58 
Weight, ii. 53 
Windpipe, ii. 54 
Young in down, ii. 52, 63 
Scoter, Surf-, Oidemia perspicillata (Linnseus), ii. 76 et seqq. 
Abundance of, in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, ii. 80 
Associates with Velvet-Scoter, ii. 79-80 
Bill, peculiar shape and colouring of, ii. 77, 79 
Breeding range, ii. 78 
Call, ii. 81, 83 a7id note 2 
Courtship, ii. 83 y — 
Decoying of, ii. 82 
Devotion of the male, ii. 83 
Distinguished from the Common Scoter, ii. 79 
Distribution, ii. 81 
Eggs, ii. 76, 83, 84 
Feeding, ii. 83 < 
Feeding grounds, ii. 82 
Flesh, ii. 81, 84 
Flight, ii. 81 
During migration, ii. 83 
Whistling noise in, ii. 81 
Flocking, ii. 80, 81 
Food, ii. 81, 82, 83 
Habitat, ii. 80 
Habits, ii. 79, 81, 84 _ 
Gregarious, u. 80 
Regulated by food, ii. 80 
Resemble those of the Velvet-Scoter, ii. 81 
Incubation, ii. 84 
Irides, ii. 78 
Local names, ii. 76, 81 
Maturity, age of, ii. 77 
Measurements, ii. 77 
Migration, ii. 80, 82, 83, 84 
Numbers do not migrate, ii. 81 
Migration range, ii. 78 
Nest, ii. 83, 84 
Plumage : 
Adult female, ii. 77, 78 
Adult male, ii. 77 
Immature female, ii. 77 ^ 
Immature male, ii. 76 
Disparity in the plumage of early and late 
hatched birds, ii. 77 
Shooting, ii. 80, 81, 82 
Wounded birds, ii. 81 
Young in down, ii. 76 
