. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . d one which was killedon the St. Marys River nearNeebish Island about themiddle of October; one waskilled at St. Clair Flats October13, 1904, by W. H. Marquette,and mounted in Detroit(Swales); J. Claire Wood re-ports a female from DetroitRiver November 10, 1903; Nelson says it is common on Lake Michigan and adjacent waters ( Orn. Club, I, 4
. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . d one which was killedon the St. Marys River nearNeebish Island about themiddle of October; one waskilled at St. Clair Flats October13, 1904, by W. H. Marquette,and mounted in Detroit(Swales); J. Claire Wood re-ports a female from DetroitRiver November 10, 1903; Nelson says it is common on Lake Michigan and adjacent waters ( Orn. Club, I, 41). Kumlien & Hollister say Not rare on LakeIMichigan in winter, and usually found on all the larger inland lakes in latefall. Seldom taken in the spring, most of the specimens being young orimmature birds (Birds of Wisconsin, p. 26). Like the other scoters this species feeds mainly on shellfish and spendsmuch of its time in diving for this food. Its flesh is rank and fishy inconsequence. It nests well to the northward, and we have no reason tosuppose that it ever breeds within our limits. The nest and eggs are similarto those of the other scoters, and the eggs, which are pale buff or pale creamybuff, average , by From Hoffmans Guide to the Birds of New Englandand Eastern New York. (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.) TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION. Feathers of the head extending much farther forward than those of the lores; sides ofthe upper mandible swollen at the base and naked. Adult male entirely black exceptfor a squarish white patch on the crown between the eyes and a much larger triangularwhite patch on the nape; wings without any white; bill in life conspicuously colored withblack, red, and white; iris white. Adult female mainly dusky gray or grayish-brown,somewhat paler on the belly, and usually with an indistinct whitish patch near the cornerof the mouth; the bill not much swollen at the base and uniformly dark colored. Youngin first winter similar to adult female, but
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