. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . 101. SURF SCOTER inc. Oidemia prrspiciUata. 20 in. Male black with a white patch on top of the headand another on tlie na])e; eye white; bill red, white andyellow, with a large black spot near the base. Femalea nniform grayish brown, lighter below, with a whitishpatch in front (jf each eye; young birds are like thefemale but also have a white patcli back of tlie they are very abundant is apparent from the size)f a single Hock seen by Nelson aliout 10 miles out tosea from St. Michaels, Alaska; it formed a c
. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . 101. SURF SCOTER inc. Oidemia prrspiciUata. 20 in. Male black with a white patch on top of the headand another on tlie na])e; eye white; bill red, white andyellow, with a large black spot near the base. Femalea nniform grayish brown, lighter below, with a whitishpatch in front (jf each eye; young birds are like thefemale but also have a white patcli back of tlie they are very abundant is apparent from the size)f a single Hock seen by Nelson aliout 10 miles out tosea from St. Michaels, Alaska; it formed a continuimsliand for about 10 miles in length and from a half totliree-quarters of a mile in width. All the lootsliave heavy bodies, making it rather difficult f(n themto rise from tlie water, along which they run for a fewyards before springing into the air. Nest.—A feather lined hollow on the ground, like tliatof other ducks; eggs creamy buff ()- Range.—Breeds from Newfoundland, ^Manitoba, andliritish Cohimbia nortlnvaid; winteis south to \irginia,Ohio and Californi
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