. . DUCKS AND GEESE 79 The number of eggs varies from six to eight, though tenhave been recorded. They are of a yellowish-buflp orgreenish-yellow color. WHITE-WINGED SCOTER The Scoters are partial to the sea coast. Among thehunters they are known as sea coots. Three scoters arecommon to the American continent; the other two are theSurf Scoters, commonly called the Surf Duck, or Patch-head Coot, and the American Scoter, knowTi as the Butter-billed Coot. The White-winged Scoter inhabits both theAtlantic and Pacific coasts, and is found

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. . DUCKS AND GEESE 79 The number of eggs varies from six to eight, though tenhave been recorded. They are of a yellowish-buflp orgreenish-yellow color. WHITE-WINGED SCOTER The Scoters are partial to the sea coast. Among thehunters they are known as sea coots. Three scoters arecommon to the American continent; the other two are theSurf Scoters, commonly called the Surf Duck, or Patch-head Coot, and the American Scoter, knowTi as the Butter-billed Coot. The White-winged Scoter inhabits both theAtlantic and Pacific coasts, and is found on the Great Lakesduring the winter months. The flight is slow and peculiar. The males are strikingin appearance, with their glossy black feathers broken onlyby white patches on the wing and a small white patch abovethe eye; the iris is white, the bill yellow and red. Large flocks of these birds congregate annually duringthe summer months among the outer islands of Casco Bay,Maine, but they have never been found breeding in thisterritory. This is one of the s

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