. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. 80 KKY TO THK OF KASTERN NORTH AMERICA. Section 4. Hind toe, with well defined membraneous lobe or flap; no white on head; belly, mottled brown, or grayish General plumage, brownish; no wliiti- on winijs: axillars, black ; feathers on the bill, more than one half inch from nostril (female). Oidemia americana. American Scoter. Butter=bill Coot, Gray Coot. See No. 118. Head, dark lirown or : feathers on bill, less than one half inch from nostril; axillars, black ; no white on wings
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. 80 KKY TO THK OF KASTERN NORTH AMERICA. Section 4. Hind toe, with well defined membraneous lobe or flap; no white on head; belly, mottled brown, or grayish General plumage, brownish; no wliiti- on winijs: axillars, black ; feathers on the bill, more than one half inch from nostril (female). Oidemia americana. American Scoter. Butter=bill Coot, Gray Coot. See No. 118. Head, dark lirown or : feathers on bill, less than one half inch from nostril; axillars, black ; no white on wings (iiiMiiaiiirc male). Oidemia ijcrspicillata. Surf Scoter. Skunk=head Coot. See No. 121. A patch of white on the winj^s; hack and upper parts, dark brown; feathers on the base ol hill, exteudin<; to witliiu one half inch of nostril (female). Oidemia <le<jl<nidi. White=winged Scoter. Sec Xo. rjo. hiead, tawny, -^ireaUed wiih lirown : axillars, white, or grayish white ; tliroai. streaked; feathers on bill, within one fourth inch from nostril; decided difference in bill from next species (female). (See cut.) Kastern North America. Svmateria dresseri. American Eider Duck. See \o. IK). Head, tawny, streaked with brown; axillars, white, or grayish white; throat, streaked; featiieis on hill, within one fourth inch from nostril; decided difference in bill from prct-edimi species (f<'male). (^See cut.) Eastern Xortli America. SovuUeria borcalis. Northern Eider Duck. See No. 115. Head, tawny, streaked with biowu: a\illMr<, white, or grayish white; throat, not etreakt .1: feathers on bill, more than one fourth inch from nostril (fimale). tSuvialena .N^/t'(7f///.s. King Eider Duck. JSec No. 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 Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921; Field Museum o
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