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ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 



Lisl of specimens collected. 



No. 89111. — Iris ricb brown-yellow ; bill clear bluisb gray; nail and naked skin on mental angle 

 black ; feet dirty gray with a faint tinge of bluisb ; webs and soles blackish. 



No. 89101. — As foregoing, but bill with a shade of brownish black on culmen, and feet more dis- 

 tinctly bluish. 



No. 92844. — Iris dirty yellow; bill dark bluish gray; lower mandible flesh-colored ; feet gray, with 

 a slight greenish tinge ; webs blackish, yellowish along the toes. 



The Scaup Duck is known to the natives by the Eussian name 

 " T.scJicrtiik,^^ being one of the most numerous ducks breeding on Be- 

 ring Island. They arrive in the beginning of May (in 1883 on the 5th), 

 and soon disperse over the island, taking up their residence at the 

 numberless lakes, lakelets, and ponds. In the beginning of August the 

 young are seen swimming with their i^arents. 



The eggs measure as follows : 



