THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
f. Head and neck black with a large white 
spot between the eyes, and an elongate 
white patch down the back of the neck; 
terminal portion of first primary only 
slightly attenuated Surf-Scoter; 
(E. perspicillata S , p. 347. 
/»\ Secondary- quills mostly white forming a 
marked speculum; a small white patch below 
the eye; wing about 10’5 inches Velvet-Scoter; 
CE. fusca S ,p. 348. 
Plumage not entirely black. 
Head variously patterned with black or pur- 
plish-black and white (grey and dull sea-green 
being also sometimes present). 
u\ Breast and belly black. 
k\ No elevated knob at the base of the 
olive-green bill ; crown of the head 
black, with a whitish band down the 
posterior half ; occiput and nape dull 
sea-green ; cheeks and throat white ; 
sickle-shaped inner secondaries white 
like the scapulars Common Eider; Soma- 
teria mollissima S ,p. 350. 
/’. An elevated knob at the base of the 
orange-coloured bill ; top of the head 
and nape pale grey; cheeks partly sea- 
green ; throat white with a strongly- 
marked V-shaped black mark ; sickle- 
shaped inner secondaries black like 
the scapulars King-Eider; 
S. spectabilis <? , p. 352. 
V*. Breast rufous-buff, shading into brownish- 
black on the belly; head white; chin and 
throat black; a dull sea-green patch in front 
of each eye and a similarly coloured band 
across the occiput, terminating at each end 
in a black spot; curved inner secondaries and 
scapulars with the inner web white and the 
outer metallic purplish-black Steller’s Eider; 
Heniconetta stelleri <? , p. 354. 
w*. Breast and belly dark slate-grey with a 
dark chestnut patch on either side of the 
latter; head and neck greyish-black shading 
into black on the throat; a black band from 
the base of the bill to the occiput, margined 
anteriorly with white and posteriorly with 
chestnut; forepart of the cheeks, rounded 
ear-spots and a band along each side of the 
neck pure white Harlequin-Duck; His- 
trionicus histrionicus $ ,p. 355. 
