. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . SHs^ Labrador or Pied Duckb. labradorius. Formerly not uncommon on the Atlantic coast. Proliahly now extinct. See No. 113. FAMILY :. DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS. 79 Top of head, black, divided on crown; more or less green on hcnd; tliroat, white;axilhirs, wlntf ; ruliut-u, divided aud pointed at base. (male). (Sec cut of bill.) Somateria boreais. Greenland Eider Duck. See Xo. IIT). Top of head, slate color; cheeks, trreeiiisli; throat, white, with larj^e, lilaciv. V=shapedmark (male). Som
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . SHs^ Labrador or Pied Duckb. labradorius. Formerly not uncommon on the Atlantic coast. Proliahly now extinct. See No. 113. FAMILY :. DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS. 79 Top of head, black, divided on crown; more or less green on hcnd; tliroat, white;axilhirs, wlntf ; ruliut-u, divided aud pointed at base. (male). (Sec cut of bill.) Somateria boreais. Greenland Eider Duck. See Xo. IIT). Top of head, slate color; cheeks, trreeiiisli; throat, white, with larj^e, lilaciv. V=shapedmark (male). Somatei-ia ^j^ectabilis. King Eider Duck. See Xo. 117. Section 2. Hind toe, with well defined membraneous lobeor flap; no white on head ; belly, black. General plumage, black ; axilhirs, black; uo white on wing; liill, oraiiuc at liiisc; Icallicrs on bill, more than one half inchfrom nostril (male). Okkmia americana. American Scoter. Black Coot. Butter=bill Coot. See No. Section 3. Hind toe, with well defined membraneous lobeor flap; head, marked with more or less white, orgrayish white; belly, mottled brown, or grayish brown,or slaty. General plumage, brownish; no wiiiie on win^; featherson bill, more than one half inch from nostril and ini-niature). Oidemia amcrirmiii. American bill « No. MS. OiiUiiiia aiiicricaiKi. General plumage, grayish brown ; speculum, white ; feathers on bill, less than onehalf inch from nostril i Icnialc ami inmialnrc), ()idrmiaih;ihiuili. White-winged Scoter. White-winged Coot, See No. 1-Jt). General plumage, grayish brown ; ^ cxicndinu ..n \\\^\>rv \k\y\ of bill nwrc iban mithe sides: wliiic on Willi;; feathers on bill, less than one half inch from nostril bnialeV Ouliinii r-rsflrilhit^i. Surf Scoter. Skunk head Coot. Sec No. IJl.
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