. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . ay, Colorado, and Lower Cali-fornia. Nest. — A depression in the ground lined with grass, twigs, moss, anddown ; usually concealed among dwarf willows, rosebushes, or : 5 to 8, deep buff. The white-winged scoter is more or less common along the Pacificcoast, but rare inland in the United States. Subgenus Pelionetta. 166. Oidemia perspicillata {Linn.). Surf Scoter. Bill with swollen sides of base naked ; feathers of forehead reachingto near nostril,
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . ay, Colorado, and Lower Cali-fornia. Nest. — A depression in the ground lined with grass, twigs, moss, anddown ; usually concealed among dwarf willows, rosebushes, or : 5 to 8, deep buff. The white-winged scoter is more or less common along the Pacificcoast, but rare inland in the United States. Subgenus Pelionetta. 166. Oidemia perspicillata {Linn.). Surf Scoter. Bill with swollen sides of base naked ; feathers of forehead reachingto near nostril, of lores only to corner of mouth; bill black and lessswollen in female ; red, orange, yellow, and white in male, with largeblack spot on side of base. Adult male : entire plumage velvety blackexcept for triangular white patch on forehead and another on back ofhead; eyes white. Adult female : upper parts sooty brown, under partssilver gray, usually with white patch at corner of mouth. Young: likefemale, but with whitish patches at base of bill and back of ear. Male :length 20-22, wing , bill Female: 64 DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS Distribution. — North America, breeding. from Sitka and the Gulf ofSt, Lawrence north to the arctic regions ; soutli in winter to Florida,Colorado, and Lower California. Nest. — In a bunch of marsh grass, on ground in tall grass, or underlow branches of scrubby trees; made of plant stems and lined with : 5 to 8, cream color. The surf scoters are abundant on both coasts, and during thebreeding season quite common on the large northern inland waters. Colonel Goss in describing their habits says that they are athome as well in the surging surf as upon the smooth waters, restingand sleeping at night out on the open waters. . They rise in arunning, laborious manner, but when fairly on the wing fly rapidly,and in stormy weatlier hug closely to the water. The ducks arevery active when feeding, diving so constantly and r
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