. The water birds of North America . become more or less scratched by the claws of the parent while sitting on themor rolling them over. In shape the eggs present but little variety, being alwaysnearly oval. In size the difference is less than is the case in the majority of largest egg measured by inches; the most elongated, by ; andthe most broadly oval, by Somateria V-nigrum. THE PACIFIC EIDEE. Soynatcria V-nigra, Gray, P. Z. S. 1855, 212, pi. 107. —BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1S5S, S10 ; Cat. B. 1859, no. 607. — Elliot, lllustr. Am. B. pi. 48. — Cofes, Key
. The water birds of North America . become more or less scratched by the claws of the parent while sitting on themor rolling them over. In shape the eggs present but little variety, being alwaysnearly oval. In size the difference is less than is the case in the majority of largest egg measured by inches; the most elongated, by ; andthe most broadly oval, by Somateria V-nigrum. THE PACIFIC EIDEE. Soynatcria V-nigra, Gray, P. Z. S. 1855, 212, pi. 107. —BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1S5S, S10 ; Cat. B. 1859, no. 607. — Elliot, lllustr. Am. B. pi. 48. — Cofes, Key, 1872, 293; CheckList, 1S73, no. 514 ; 2d ed. 1882, no. 735 ; B. N. W. 1874, 5S1. — Ridgw. Norn. K. Am. , no. 628. Hab. American coasts of the North Pacific ; Yukon Valley, Mackenzie River, and Slave Lakedistricts ; Eastern Siberia. Sp. Char. Similar to S. mottissima, but decidedly larger, the bill broader, and deeper throughthe base, the angles of the maxilla proportionally shorter and much more acute ; male with a. S. V-nigrum. large V-shaped Mack mark on the throat, as in S. spectabilis. Adult male: Top of the headvelvety black, with a slight violet gloss, divided mesially, from the middle of the crown back, bya narrow stripe of greenish white ; the black extending forward in a rather wide stripe along theupper edge of the lores, underneath the basal angle of the maxilla, but not extending anteriorly asfar as the nostril; greater wing-coverts, secondaries, middle fine of the rump, upper tail-coverts, — THE DUCKS — SOMATERIA. 81 awl entire lower parts from the breast back, deep black ; primary coverts, primaries, and tailblackish dusky; rest of the plumage, including the falcate tertials, continuous white, the breasttinged with creamy buff (much less deeply than in .s. mollissima), the upper half of the nape, theauricular region, and the upperborder of the cheeks deeplystained with yellowish green ;throat with a large V-shapedmark of velvety black
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