714 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — LAMELLIBOSTBES — ANSEBES. 
738. 
739. 
ground, in June, July. (N.B. The upper fig. 496 shows extent of feathers under bill — to 
first acute angle from the left — and shape of mandibular rami, reaching to next obtuse 
reentrance.) 
CE. fus'ca. (Lat. fusca, dusky ; adult $ is black.) Velvet Scoter. White-winded 
Surf Duck. Sea 
Coot. Bill, etc., as 
above. Adult $ : Plu- 
mage black, paler be- 
low ; a white speculum, 
formed by most of the 
secondaries and tips of 
greater coverts ; a small 
white spot under eye. 
Iris yellow. Feet or- 
ange or carmine -red, 
with black webs. Young 
$ resembles 9 • 9 • 
Bill less bulging, en- 
tirely dark ; eyes and 
feet as before, less 
bright. Sooty-brown, pale grayish below, but retaining the white speculum ; whitish on head 
tending to form loral and auricular spots, as in 739, not 737. Largest : length 19.00-22.00 ; 
extent about 36.00; wing 11.00-12.00; bill along gape 2.50 or more; tarsus about 2.00; 
middle toe and claw 3.50. ^<i$. Said to differ from European in greater encroachment 
of feathers on bill ; but the ascribed feature is not tangible (var. velvetina). N. Am. at 
large, chiefly coastwise; also on large inland waters; abundant. Winters in U. S., breeds 
in high latitudes. 
Fig. 496. — Female Black Scoter. (Ad nat. del. E. C. ) 
CE. perspicilla'ta. (Lat. ^oerspicillata, conspicuous, spectacular. 
Sea Coot. Adult $ : 
Bill, etc., as above, ^^Jl^SSSX^^VITT^ 
singularly variegated 
in color, mostly white 
or pinkish, and or- 
ange, with a great 
round or squarish 
black spot on side 
near base; iris pale 
yellow; feet orange, 
with dusky webs. Plu- 
mage glossy black, 
duller below ; no white 
on wings, but a tri- 
angular white patch 
on forehead, pointing 
forward, reaching to 
Fig. 497.) Surf Duck. 
Fig. 497. —Bill of young (f Surf Duck, nat. size. (Ad nat. del. E. C.) 
or beyond opposite eye, and another on nape, pointing downward. Young $ resembles 9 , 
before the bill acquires distinctive shape and color. 9 • Bill blackish, not tumid, feathers of 
culmen restricted, not reaching opposite nostrils; feet dark, tinged with reddish, the webs black- 
ish. Plumage sooty-brown, below silvery-gray; side of head with much whitish, chiefly in two 
patches, loral and auricular ; no frontal or nuchal white. Length 18.00-21.00; extent 31.00- 
