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of the United States . 
Eider DucJc, Anas mollissima , Wils. Am, Orn . viii. p . 122 . 
pi. 72. fig. 2 . male, and p. 125 . pi. 7\. fig. 2 . female. 
Inhabits the extreme north of both continents : an occasion- 
al winter visitant in the middle states, breeding sometimes 
in the most northern part of the union : very common in 
Iceland. 
332. Fultgui.a spectabilis, Nob. Branches of the bill broad, 
circular. No mirror. • 
Male black ; head and back white, crown light ashy-blue ; 
an arrow-shaped black mark on the throat. 
Female, reddish-drab spotted with black; a single white 
band across the wings. 
King Duck , Lath. Gray-headed Duck , Edw. pi. 154 . 
Anas spectabilis , L. 
Inhabits the extreme north of both continents : an acciden- 
tal visitant during winter in the northern states : common in 
the northern British Islands. 
SUBGENUS II. OIDEMIA. 
Macreuses, Cuv. Melanilta , Boie. Oidemia , Fleming . 
Oidemia , Biziura, Leach. Oidemia , Biziura , Steph. 
Bill broad, gibbous above the nostrils ; margins dilated, 
lamelliform teeth coarse. Nostrils sub-medial, large, eleva- 
ted. Tail of fourteen feathers. 
Colors black. Female brown. 
Live chiefly near the edge of the surf. 
333. Fuligula perspiciglata, Nob. No mirror ; feet red ; 
bill with a prominence each side. 
Male glossy black ; crown and hind neck marked with white. 
Female wholly sooty-brown, near the bill and auriculars, 
whitish. 
Black , or Surf Duck , Wils. Am. Orn. viii. p. 49. pi. 67 .fig. 2. 
Inhabits the Arctic regions of America, whence it migrates 
periodically in great numbers, all along the coasts of the 
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