. Feathered game of the Northeast . r 4(X) FEATHERED GAME number of this species nesting in northern Lab-rador. The Butter-billed Coot is entirelyblack save the nugget of gold which it so care-fully balances upon its nose. The base of thebill*is bright orange yellow, the rest plain blackto conform to the sad hue of its raiment. Irisbrown; feet blackish in male; olivaceous withblack webs in young male and female. The female is a trifle smaller than the maleand of dusky brown color; bill lacking the gib-bosity of the male and entirely black. Lengthof this species from seventeen to twenty inches;
. Feathered game of the Northeast . r 4(X) FEATHERED GAME number of this species nesting in northern Lab-rador. The Butter-billed Coot is entirelyblack save the nugget of gold which it so care-fully balances upon its nose. The base of thebill*is bright orange yellow, the rest plain blackto conform to the sad hue of its raiment. Irisbrown; feet blackish in male; olivaceous withblack webs in young male and female. The female is a trifle smaller than the maleand of dusky brown color; bill lacking the gib-bosity of the male and entirely black. Lengthof this species from seventeen to twenty inches;extent from thirty to thirty-four inches. Young or female birds in any stage of de-velopment may be recognised (aside from colorof iris) by the fact that the feathering stopsshort on the bill, not coming down nearly to thenostrils on top as in the other species. THE WHITE-WIXGED COOT. WHITE-WING. Oidemia deglandi.) Best known and most numerous of the threeis the White-winged Coot, known also asthe White-winged Scoter, Velvet Duck,-. oou Quu O THE WHITE-WINGED COOT 401 White-winged Surf Duck, or more commonlyand more simply as the White-wing. Thisspecies is more common in the bays and en-closed arms of the sea than are the others, whichprefer the open water. The White-wing alsois much larger in size. The habits of the threeare almost identical. In breeding dress and full plumage the maleis glossy black all over except the white specu-lum, (wing-mark), and a tiny spot below andbehind the eye. The bill with a large lump atthe base and feathered to the nostrils, black atthe base and on the edge to the nail, on the sidesthe black merging into a purplish tinge, thengrading into deep red, whitening toward thetip, the nail orange. Iris white or pale yellow;feet and legs deep orange or bright redwith black webs; these colors are duller in thefemales. The coloring of the female is of a brownishcast, the edges of the feathers lighter. She hasthe white speculum as in the male, also the kno
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