DCHP-1 Online
velvet duck 
the white-winged scoter, Oidemia deglandi.
- 1823 It [the Black Duck] is smaller than the Velvet Duck, but, like that bird, is chiefly black.
- 1862-1863 (1872) . . . 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.)... .
- 1823 It [the Black Duck] is smaller than the Velvet Duck, but, like that bird, is chiefly black.