. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . lyt to sea in flocks of fifteen or twenty when tl^^--f-Jfavourable, returning to the shore in the morning. They fly lowITwith ionsiderable speed, moving their ^ngs q-^ly ^ -^on arriving at a suitable place, they relax a little and abght ontLr htader end, the body being kept oblique. On settlmg, theycommence forthwitli to feed. The Black SYKONVM-Black Scoter ■. Sefty, Jenyns, «m Sv^-ONV«^»«» mjm- l^- Latiam Temnmick. ».<.Ti^r.
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . lyt to sea in flocks of fifteen or twenty when tl^^--f-Jfavourable, returning to the shore in the morning. They fly lowITwith ionsiderable speed, moving their ^ngs q-^ly ^ -^on arriving at a suitable place, they relax a little and abght ontLr htader end, the body being kept oblique. On settlmg, theycommence forthwitli to feed. The Black SYKONVM-Black Scoter ■. Sefty, Jenyns, «m Sv^-ONV«^»«» mjm- l^- Latiam Temnmick. ».<.Ti^r. rSmng, Selby, Jenyns, Bonaparte, Black Scoter arrives on our shores about the middle ofautumn in considerable flocks, and is seen on aU our western coastduring winter, but is still more abundant on the French coa t^rilely resembles the American Scoter, of which it is probably Tht Mack Scoter (Oidemia nyra) is almost as large as theCommon Wild Duck, but is shorter and more thickly made. Itsplumac^e is entirely black; when young it is greyish. The Mack Scoter passes its life on the surface of the water, and. 254 DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS, AND PELICANS. never ventures on the land except wlien driven by stress ofweather, or for the purpose of making its nest in the marshes. Itflutters rather than flies over the surface of the sea, and makes nouse of its wings, except to escape some danger, or to transport itself from one point to another withmore rapidity. Its legs, in flying,hang down, and constantly graze thesurface of the water; it alwaysappears as if it regretted to leave itsfavourite element. When on land, these birds walkslowly and ungracefully; but in thewater they are never wearied. Like Fig. 95.—Bluvk iscolet \Utdemia nigra). ji n x l i • ^ ^ the Ietrel, they have the singular faculty of being able to run about on the waves. They arenatives of both the Old and New World. About the monthof October, driven by the north and north-west winds, they
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