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This is the largest' species rtf the gen«* Ou/tmw, md may be readily dfettimtfished tirvsn t«ni
(Oid, perspicilhia and Oid. by tfis snow-white b r across the wiW and the patch of
approximates most nearly to Oaf. perspiciUato / for although it is much (rtorediiated, stiii ii-pr
the swollen tubercle, but to a less extent tuan in either of the other species.
fhe northern regions o f the globe constitute the true habitat o f all this members of the groti
the approach of severe weather. ' It is fount! in considerable abundance ou various parts o f our n
where it feeds upon muscles, inollnsca, &c., which it always obtains 4>y diving. It is very a
Arctic regions of Asia, and is reported to breed upon thevbani<3 of the larger riverain Dei
Kamtachatka and Siberia: it is also found m America. If generally goes far inland for the pu
cation, and constructs its nest of grass, lined with down, in which it deposits from ekrht to ten
As in the other members of the genus the sexes differ very considerably from each other, bu
very closely .resembles -the female of the Surf-Scoter we have not deemed it necessary to give a
The tnaje has the whole of the plumacfR o f a deep velvety .Mask, with the exception: of a
beneath the eye, and the socoiwiaries, v/hteh are pare white and fori»- a band across the wine s'-*,
black a t the base, the remainder red, edged witb black t under mandible pale veUowish whit
black } legs red on the outside, dew yellow sprinkled with black on the inner.* irides whii
T h e female has the wholr o f tt* plumage # f a duR blacbisb brown, which is much lighter ,i
greyish on the under. surface i. between the bill and she eye, and on the ear-covects a suet r
blackish a sh 'colour*, tarsi and feet dull red ; irirics brown,
• We have figured a male o f the natural size.