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Hareequin Duck —(. TIistrionicus histrionicus ). 
A northern, rich, blue-slate-colored duck, with fantastically arranged white 
marks, brown belly and chestnut sides. There are two white collars, one above 
and one below the breast; three white patches on the side of head and neck, 
one at base of bill, one on cheek and one on side of neck; a mahogany-colored 
stripe on side of crown and several white blotches on wings. 
Breeds in Newfoundland, northward. Winters southward to Middle States, 
Rather rare visitant on coast in winter. 
Labrador Duck. 
It was formerly a New Jersey winter visitant, but now extinct. 
American Eider —( Somateria clresseri ). 
In breeding plumage, it is a large, mainly white duck, with the lower parts 
from breast, the tail and lower back black. The head is greenish tinted and 
has a, large Y-shaped patch of black on the crown, and the breast is creamy 
tinted. They are true sea ducks, spending most of their time some distance- 
frorn shore, diving for mussels, which form their principal food. 
Breeds from Maine to Newfoundland. Winters south to New Jersey. 
King Eider— ( Somateria spectabilis). 
A large, distinctly blotched, black-bodied duck, with mainly white head, 
neck and breast. The crown is bluish-gray, cheeks somewhat green and 
breast buff. There is a black band at base of upper mandible and a Y-shaped 
mark under the throat; white wing coverts and side of rump. 
Breeds in the northern part of the northern hemisphere. Winters south 
to New Jersey. 
American Scoter; Black Coot— ( Oidemia americana). 
A large, northern, winter, hlack duck, with the upper parts slightly irides¬ 
cent and the lower parts slightly brownish. The bill of the male lias a peculiar 
hump back of the nostrils, which is lacking in the female. This and the next 
two species, popularly called “coots,” are very poor food for man, being ex¬ 
tremely “fishy.” All these scoters are alike in habits, living mainly at sea, over 
beds of bivalves, for which they dive. 
Breeds far northward. Winters southward to New Jersey. Common winter- 
resident. Yery plentiful on New Jersey coast. 
White-winged Scoter —( Oidemia deglandi). 
A black duck, with white sjjeculum on the wings and a white spot below the- 
eye. The feathers on the side of upper mandible reach almost to the nostril, 
about as far as do those on the culmen. 
■ Breeds far northward. Winters southward to Chesapeake bay. Tolerably 
common winter visitant off the beach on the New Jersey coast. 
Surf-scoter — ( 0idem-id perspicillata ). 
A black duck, with a square white blotch on the crown and a triangular one 
on the back neck. The orange and yellow bill has a round black spot on the 
side back of the nostril. The feathers on the culmen extend forward almost 
to the nostril, while those on the side of the bill do not. 
Breeds far northward. Winters southward to the Garolinas. 
