. . BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 153 SCOTER (Oidemia americana). Common or local names: American Scoter; Black Coot; Butter-bill; Black Butter-bill; Yellowbill; Butter-nose; Copper-nose; Copper-bill; Pumpkin-blossom Coot;Whistling Coot; Little Graj^ Coot; Smutty Coot; Fizzy; Broad-billed Female. Male. Length. — 17 to 20 inches. Adult Male. — General plumage black; bill black, except most of the swollenbase, which is vermilion or orange on the sides, changing to yellowabove and in front; iris brown; feet brownish black, webs
. . BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 153 SCOTER (Oidemia americana). Common or local names: American Scoter; Black Coot; Butter-bill; Black Butter-bill; Yellowbill; Butter-nose; Copper-nose; Copper-bill; Pumpkin-blossom Coot;Whistling Coot; Little Graj^ Coot; Smutty Coot; Fizzy; Broad-billed Female. Male. Length. — 17 to 20 inches. Adult Male. — General plumage black; bill black, except most of the swollenbase, which is vermilion or orange on the sides, changing to yellowabove and in front; iris brown; feet brownish black, webs black. Adult Female. — Much smaller than adult male; bill without hump at base;top of head to eye dark brown; sides of head below eye, chin, throat andupper fore neck grayish; rest of plumage sooty brown, lighter or gray-ish below; bill black, often marked or streaked with yellow; legs andfeet brownish gray or olive brown, webs black. Young and femalebirds not feathered down on top of bill to near nostril, as in the otherCoots. Young. — Similar to female; usually lighter below, sometimes wliitish. Field Marks. — The uniform black plumage of male and orange spot atbase of bill distinguish it. This species has no white marks in either male is readily distinguished from the Black Duck by its habit ofdiving and by the absence of the w
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