158 



ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 



1862, p. 332.— M, Chrysanth., 1883. p. 27.— M, Amend. List B. Jap., p. 9 



(1884).— Whitely, Ibis, 1867, p. ;i07.— Dall, Avif. Aient. Isl. Unal. eastw., 



p.5 ^1873).- TACZA.N., J. f. Oru., Ia73, p. 110.— M, ibid , 1874, p. 337.— /d., 



Oin. Fann. Vost. Sibir., p. 70 (1877).— 7rf., Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 



46.—I(J.,ibid., lf^83, p.344.— COUES in Elliott, Affairs Alaska, p 191 08r.'i).— 



Harting, Fauna Prybil. Isl., p. 29 (1875).— Blakist and Pryku, Ibis, 1878, 



p. 213.— lirf., Tr. As. Soc. .Tap., VIII, 1880, p. 184.— iid., ibid., X, 1882, p. 97.— 



Elliott, Mouogr. Seal-Isl., p. 130 (1882).— Nelson, Cruise Corwiu, p. 96 



(1883). 



List of specimens collected. 



No. 92830.— Iris hazel. Bill bluish-gray; tips, including nail, blackish. Feet bluish-gTSty with a 

 faint yellowish wash : webs blackish. 



The ^^Svistscli^^ or " *SVtsfMn," of tbe Russians, visits Bering Island 

 during the spring migration, but, as it seems, not reguhirly or in equal 

 numbers every year. Thus in the spring of 1882 none were .seen, while 

 during the following spring, from the latter days of April to the first 

 week of June, they were numerous along the beaches of the northwest- 

 ern part of the island, from Ladigiusk to Tonkij Mys. 



69. Mareca americana (G:\rEL.). 



1788.— Avas americana Gmel., Syst. Nat , I, p. r)2r).— Fix.'^cii, Abh. Brem. Ver., Ill, 1872, 

 p. 66.— TUKNER, Auk, 188.^, p. IbS. — Mareca a. Dall & Ba.nxlst., Tr. Cbi- 

 cag. Acad., I, 1809, p. 298.— Baikd, Tr. Chicag. Acad., I, 1869 (p. 783).— 

 Bean, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, p. 106.- Nelson, Cruise Corwiu, p. 96 

 (1883). 



A single individual of the American Widgeon was found dead among 

 the sand dunes near the village, Bering Island, on the 1st of May, 1883. 

 It was moulting, the old plumage very worn, and new feathers i)iotrud- 

 iug all over the body. Some storm had probably carried it astray, as 

 this species is not known as an inhabitant of the Asiatic side of the 

 Pacific Ocean. So far as I am aware, this is the first record of its hav- 

 ing ever been obtained in Asia. It was a female, and very lean. 



This specimen is almost identical with >.o. ol947 U. S Nat. Mus.; 

 a female from Lower California; shot in February, 18G0. The only dif- 

 ferences are that the chin and upper throat are more brownish and not 

 spotted, and the chin partly shaded with black, 



