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[No. V. 





A. Segetum, Bean Goose. 



A. Albifrons, ----- White-fronted Goose.. 



A. Leucopis, - - - - - Bernacle Goose. 



A. Bernicla, ----- Brent Goose. 



A. Mollissima, Eider Duck. 



A. Spectabilis, - - - - - King Duck. 



At Strepera, Gadwall; 



A. Nigra, ------ Scoter. 



A. Fuligula, Tufted Duck.. 



A. Clangula, Golden Eye. 



A. Glacialis, ----- Long-tailed Duck. 



A. Histrionica* - - - - Harlequin Duck. 

 Severalof the birds above enumerated have been described under different names; 

 occasioned bv remarkable variations in the plumage of the sexes, or of the young 



but 



common 



Of the birds belonging to the genus which are found in Hudson's Bay and its vici* 

 nity, but which do not visit or live in any part of Europe, there are eight species; 

 specimens of six of these were brought home by Captain Franklin, and are subse- 

 quently particularized; the remaining two are: 



A. Canadensis, - - - - - Canada Goose. 

 A. Labrador ia, - - - - - Pied Duck. 



These are both described and figured by Wilson ; the former is well known in mena- 

 geries in Europe, and is frequently kept in a half-domesticated state, on large pieces 

 of water and lakes, but though frequently shot when apparently wild, has probably 

 in all such cases strayed from its adopted home ; since none of the species has been 

 traced in a state of migration. 



Exclusive of the birds above-mentioned, and described below, there are otfrer 

 species known in America, but as they do not go so far north as the countries visited 

 hy the Expedition, it is not considered necessary to include them in these notices. 





As it has 



Anas Perspicillata, Black or Surf Duck*. 



M. Temminck has introduced this bird into his Manuel as having been o 

 though very rarely seen in the Orkneys and in high latitudes in Europe, 

 not, however, been mentioned as a British bird by any English author, nor included 

 in any published list of the visitors of the British Islands, the circumstance of its ever 

 having been obtained in the Orkneys seems to require confirmation, and therefore it has 

 not been here considered as one of the species common to Europe and America. The 



Black Duck is frequent in the northern parts of the New World, it ifr smaller than 





