Albinistic Plumageo. R. Deane. 
36. GEldemia americana. American Black Scoter. A speci- 
men recorded in Am. Nat. {Merrill). 
Bull. N. O.C, 5, Jan. , 1880, p«30 
Ji 
Before beginning with deglandi I must add to my former 
account of americana (Auk, Vol. IX, pp. 1 53" 1 55) ’ as ^ have 
secured a specimen the feet and bill of which are different from 
any I had seen prior to that writing. 
Oidemia americana. 
Young male . 1 Plumage — compared with previously described phases 
— similar to that of “young male in autumn,” but lower surface of body 
whiter, or about as in “young female in spring,” with the exception of 
being less positively spotted. Shape of bill about as in female, but 
beginning of ‘hump’ slightly indicated, viz., upper half of maxilla at base 
broader than in earlier youth: pushed outward at sides noticeably, the 
culmen, however, remaining as before. Color of bill black, paler in part, 
changing here and there to olive yellow or yellowish olive, the inside of 
the nostrils brighter and more yellow. Feet: outer side of tarsus and 
1 Killed Oct. 16, 1892, 
Vol. XI 
1893 J 
Trumbull on the Scoters. 
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