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William Percy also recorded this eider from St. Lawrence, but I am 

 not aware of this being published elsewhere. 



Collins obtained two adult males, one on June 1, the other without 

 date. Both were shot near Gambell, and both are in fine, breeding 

 plumage. 



AKCTONETTA FISCHERI (Brandt) 



Spectacled Eider 



Fuligula FiscJieri Bkandt, Fuligulam Fischeri novam avium speciem, pp. 10, 



14, 1 pi., 1S47 (St. Michael, Alaska). 



Arctonetta fischeri, Bbooks, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 59, p. 395, 1915. — 



Hersey, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 66, no. 2, p. 19, 1916. 



Brooks collected three specimens of the spectacled eider from a 

 small flock on the south shore of St. Lawrence Island, on June 25, 

 1913. Hersey observed this species in small numbers, apparently on 

 the north side of the island. 



OIDEMIA AMERICANA Swainson 



American Scoter 



Oidetnia americana Swainson, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Boreall- 

 Americana, vol. 2, p. 450, 1831 (1832) (Hudson Bay, latitude 57° N.). 



OedenUa americana, Nelson, Birds of Bering Sea, etc.. Cruise of the Corwin, 

 p. 102, 1883. 



Oidemia americana. Nelson, Report upon natural history collections made In 

 Alaska, p. 80, 1887. 



The American scoter occurs sparingly upon St. Lawrence Island. 

 Nelson is the only naturalist who has recorded it there. 



MERGUS SERRATOR Linnaeus 



Red-breasted Merganser 



Mergus Serrator Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 129, 1758 (in 



Europa= Sweden ) . 

 Merganser serrator. Nelson, Report upon natural history collections made in 



Alaska, p. 66, 1887. 

 Mergus serrator, Phillips, Natural history of the ducks, vol. 4, p. 281, 1926. 



Nelson found the red-breasted merganser breeding on St. Law- 

 rence Island in the summer of 1881. 



Collins collected one unsexed bird (probably a female) at Gambell 

 in September. The specimen is in fairly fresh plumage. 



Family GRUIDAE, Cranes 



GRUS CANADENSIS CANADENSIS (Linnaeus) 



T.ittlb Brown Crane 



Ardea canadensis Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 141, 1758 (based 

 on the Brown and Ash-colour'd Crane, Edwards, Natural history of birds, 

 p. 133: In America septentrionali=Hu<lson Bay). 



