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Definition of Common scoter
1. Noun. A variety of scoter.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Scoter
Literary usage of Common scoter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"THE common scoter is principally a visitor to the British coasts in winter, at
which season, especially on the eastern side of Scotland and England, ..."
2. British birds in their haunts by Charles Alexander Johns (1879)
"It may be distinguished from the common scoter by its larger size, and yet more
strikingly by the conspicuous white bar across the wing. ..."
3. An Illustrated Manual of British Birds by Howard Saunders (1899)
"Like the rest of the genus, the common scoter dives well, and remains a considerable
time under water. The call-note of the male during the breeding- season ..."
4. Nidderdale and the Garden of the Nidd: a Yorkshire Rhineland: Being a by Harry Speight (1894)
"On a recent visit to Allerton he has ascertained that the bittern, pochard, scaup,
common scoter, and the tufted duck have been seen in the park, ..."
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