WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
165. Oidemia deglandi. 22 in.
This species is the most abundant of the Scoters wintering off the New England coast, where they congregate in immense “rafts,” floating off shore.
Nest.—Concealed in long grass, lined with feathers; 5 to 8 buffy eggs (2.75 × 1.85); June.
Range.—Breeds from North Dakota and Newfoundland northward; winters in the northern half of U. S.
