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50. FULIX sp. 



81717 (3481) embryo. Unga Id., Shumagins, Jnly 18, 1880. 

 (3481) 3 eggs. Unga Id., Shumagius, Jnly 18, 1880. 



This nest was obtained by Mr. Marcus Baker ; it contained, when 

 found, 7 eggs. 



57. Olangula albeola (Linn.) Steph. 



Many small flocks were seen at Chernoffsky, TJnalashka, October 1 to 

 4, 1880, and again at Iliuliuk, on the same island, October 5 to 18, 1880. 



58. SoMATERiA v-NiGRA Gray. 



81426 (3337) jnv. Chugacliik Bay, Cook's Inlet, Jnly 1, 1880. 

 (3320) 4 eggs. " " " " Jnne 30, " 



The young, not able to fly, but wonderfully expert in diving, were 

 abundant near the head of Plover Bay, Siberia, August 12, 1880; their 

 disappearance under water was so sudden that I failed to secure even a 

 single specimen. One of the adult females feigned to be crippled and 

 labored oft' through the water with much make-believe eftort, to draw us 

 away from the young. 



59. SoMATERiA SPECTABiLis (Liuu.) Boie. * 



(371K3) beads in alcobol. Port Clarence, Sept. 9, 1860. 



Eight of these ducks were brought to us by an Eskimo as we were 

 leaving Port Clarence. They were moulting, and the native speared 

 them. 

 CO. Pelionetta perspicillata (Linn.) Kaup. 



(3123) sternum. Near Hot Springs, Baranoff Id., June 5, 1880. 



81712 (3125) bead. Sitka Bay, Alaska, June 9, 1880. 

 81711 (3126) " " " " " " 



81713 (3127) " '' " " " " 

 These were heads of ^, 9 and young. 



61. Mergus merganser americanus (Cass.) Ridgw. 



I shot a female of the above species, July 13, 1880, near the margin 

 of a small fresh-water lake not far from the village of St. Paul, Kodiak 

 Island. 



An egg (number 3389), said to be of this merganser, was obtained from 

 Nicolas Pavloff, at Wooded Island, Kodiak, about the same time. 



62. RiSSA TRIDACTYLA KOTZBUEI (Bp.) COUCS. 



(3685) 2 sternums. Cape Lisburne, Arctic O., Aug. 21, 18^0. 

 (3605) 9 . Port Providence, Plover B., Siberia, Aug. 14, 1880. 

 (3673) feet of two. Cape Lisburne, Arctic O., " 21, 1880. 

 (3836) 9 jnv. St. Matbew Id., Bering Sea, Sept. 22, 1880. 



The species was abundant in Plover Bay, August 11 to 14 and Sep- 

 tember 12 to 17. 



