. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . (Male.) (Female.) OIDEMIA PER5PICILLATA (Z/;///.). Surf Scoter. Sea Coot. Adult male: General plumage black, no white on the wing ; head l)lack witli a whitepatch on the forehead and nape. feathers on the bill less than one half inch from the nostril. A pecuHar highly colored l)ill one of the marks of tiie male of thisspecies, it being orange, yellow, lilack, and white, the feathers on the top of the l)ill farther forward than on the sides. The female and immatu

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. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . (Male.) (Female.) OIDEMIA PER5PICILLATA (Z/;///.). Surf Scoter. Sea Coot. Adult male: General plumage black, no white on the wing ; head l)lack witli a whitepatch on the forehead and nape. feathers on the bill less than one half inch from the nostril. A pecuHar highly colored l)ill one of the marks of tiie male of thisspecies, it being orange, yellow, lilack, and white, the feathers on the top of the l)ill farther forward than on the sides. The female and immature brownish, showing a wliitish spot at tiie l)ase of the Ijill and liackof the eyes: the female having the upper parts JM-ownish : under parts ashy gray shading intowhitish on the belly. Length, : Wing. : Tarsus, ; Bill (culmen). : side measure. This species may always be distinguished from O. aiucricaua by theforward extension of the feathers on the top of the bill and from O. dci^laiidiby the absence of the white wing patch. It ranges along the coast ofNorthern North

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