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ANAS NIGRA. 
SCOTER. 
Body totally black ; bill gibbous at the 
base. 
Anas nigra, Lin. Gme, 
La Macreuse, Buffon, 
White Throated Duck, Pennant. 
Scoter, Pen. Lath. Bew. Mont. 
PROVINCIAL. 
BLACK DUCK, BLACK DIVER, 
WHILK. 
This bird measures much the same as 
the Velvet Duck, but it is by no means so 
plump. The nail at the end of the beak 
is very depressed and rounded, the legs 
and toes are of a brown ash colour, webs 
black, the tail very cuneiform, eye-lids 
yellow. 
The female has the top and back of the 
head, and back of the neck of a brown 
