. Commissioners' report . n, (Audubon). Female.—Above dull grayish brown, the feathers of the back and scapularstipped with lighter; lower, parts lighter, the pale tips broader, though lacking onthe posterior portions; lateral and lower parts of the head and neck nearlyuniform very pale grayish brown, quite abruptly defined against the uniformdark brown of the pileum and nape. Bill entirely black. Total length about to inches; extent to ; wing ; culmen ; tarsus ; middle toe Female smaller. Habitat.—Coasts and larger inland waters of Northern Nor
. Commissioners' report . n, (Audubon). Female.—Above dull grayish brown, the feathers of the back and scapularstipped with lighter; lower, parts lighter, the pale tips broader, though lacking onthe posterior portions; lateral and lower parts of the head and neck nearlyuniform very pale grayish brown, quite abruptly defined against the uniformdark brown of the pileum and nape. Bill entirely black. Total length about to inches; extent to ; wing ; culmen ; tarsus ; middle toe Female smaller. Habitat.—Coasts and larger inland waters of Northern North America, southto the Great lakes, New Jersey, and California. Sir John Richardson says of this duck that it feeds almost exclusively in theopen sea, that its flesh is always oily and strongly flavoured, that it frequents theshores of Hudsons Bay, breeding there between the 50th and 60th parallels oflatitude. In Ontario we know it as one of the spring and fall migrants ; as it is^not fit for food it is seldom > 385 MELANETTA VELVETINA (Baird).THE VELVET SCOTER. Specific Character.—Adult male—Base of the culmen elevated into aprominent knob ; lateral base of the maxilla sunken beneath the feathering of thelores. Plumage uniform brownish black. A crescentic s^ot beneath the eye andextending backwards for half an inch or more, secondaries, and greater wingcoverts white. Knob of the bill with base, and margin of the maxilla, black ;sides of the bill red lead fading into orange; nail vermilion ; the anterior flatportion of the upper mandible whitish ; iris, white tinged with straw yellow ;legs scarlet with black webs, and a tinge of black on the joints. Female.—Uniform grayish fuliginous, the wings darker ; white .speculum asin the male, but no white about the head, or with faint indication of white spotat the base of the maxilla and behind the eye. Total length to inches ; extent to ; wing ; com-missure ; tarsus ^ Habit
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