. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. 294 KEY AND DESCRIPTION Length, 24; wing, 11; tail, 4; tarsus, If; culmen, hemisphere ; breeding in the Arctic regions, and wintering in America south to Great Lakes, and casually to Virginia or even to Georgia. 24. American Scoter (163. Oidemia americ&na).—A large, northern, winter, black duck, with the upper parts slightly- iridescent and the lower parts slightly brownish. The bill of the male has a peculiar hump back of the nostrils, which is lackin
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. 294 KEY AND DESCRIPTION Length, 24; wing, 11; tail, 4; tarsus, If; culmen, hemisphere ; breeding in the Arctic regions, and wintering in America south to Great Lakes, and casually to Virginia or even to Georgia. 24. American Scoter (163. Oidemia americ&na).—A large, northern, winter, black duck, with the upper parts slightly- iridescent and the lower parts slightly brownish. The bill of the male has a peculiar hump back of the nostrils, which is lacking in the female. The female is dusky-brown in color, lighter below, with some dull white about throat, lower part of head, and belly. This and the next two species, popularly called " coots," are very poor food for man, being extremely "; All these scoters are alike in habits, living mainly at sea, over beds of bivalves, for which they dive. (Black Coot.) Length, 20; wing, 9 (8|-9A); tail, 4; tarsus, If; culmen, 1}. Northern North America, living mainly along coasts and on large inland waters; breeding from Labrador westward, and wintering south to New Jersey, Great Lakes, Colorado, and Cali- fornia. White-winged Scoter (165. Oidemia deglan- di). — A black duck with white speculum on the wings and a white spot below the eye. The feathers on the side of upper mandible reach al- most to the nostril, White-winged Scoter about ag f ^ ag &Q those on the culmen. This is the best feature by which to distinguish this scoter. The female (also the male and young in winter) is sooty-brown, lighter and grayer below, with white speculum, and more or less of whitish spots on the head. (White-winged Coot.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, Austin Craig, 1838- [from ol
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