velvet duck

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the white-winged scoter, Oidemia deglandi.

Quotations

1823

It [the Black Duck] is smaller than the Velvet Duck, but, like that bird, is chiefly black.

1862-1863

. . . I bagged several . . . velvet duck, all of which [were] good eating.

1956

White-winged scoter [is also called] velvet duck (From its soft plumage. Nfld., N.S., N.B.)... .