. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . ease. As their reports cover an average period of abouttwenty-seven years, they deserve some consideration. The stomachs of nine White-winged Scoters from Massa-chusetts waters, examined by Mr. W. L. McAtee, of theBiological Survey
. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . ease. As their reports cover an average period of abouttwenty-seven years, they deserve some consideration. The stomachs of nine White-winged Scoters from Massa-chusetts waters, examined by Mr. W. L. McAtee, of theBiological Survey, contained of mussels, about forty-four percent.; quahogs, twenty-two per cent.; periwinkles, nineteenper cent.; hermit crabs, nine per cent.; the remainder wascaddis larvae and algae and other vegetable matter. Threebirds from Nantucket had eaten only the common mussel{Mytilus edulis). 1 Eaton, E. H.: Birds of New York, 1910, p. 223. 2 Brewster, : Birds of the Cambridge Region, 1906, p. 123. Howe and Allen: Birds of Massachusetts, 1901, p. 56. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 163 SURF SCOTER {Oidemia perspidllata). Common or local names: Gray Coot; Horsehead; Skunkbill; Skunkhead; Skunk-top;Surfer; Google-nose; Patchhead; PatchpoUed Coot; Pictured-bill; Plaster-bill;Snuff-taker; Butterboat-billed Coot; Butterboat-bill; Hollow-billed Coot; Female, Male. Length. — 18 to 21 inches. Adult Male. — Triangular patcli on forehead and longer one on hind neckwhite; rest of plumage glossy black, duller below; bill showing crim-son, orange, scarlet, yellow, black and white; feet crimson and reddishorange; iris pearl white or pale cream. Adult Female. — Top of head blackish, usually more or less grayish whiteon side of head below level of eye, sometimes divided into two patches;rest of plumage sooty brown, silvery gray below; feet, bill and iris dark. Young. — Similar to female. Young males and possibly females have twopatches of grayish white below level of eye
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