166 ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 



74. Charitonetta albeola (Lin.). 



1758.— Anas albeola Lin., Syst. Nat., 10 ed., I, p. 12A.—Bacepliala a. Dall & Bannist., 

 Tr. Chicag. Acad.. I, 1869, p. 298.— Clangula «. Bean, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1882, p. 107.— Hartlaub, J. f. Orn., 1883, p. 282.— Turner, Auk, 1885, p. 

 158. 



A beautiful male of tliis pretty species was obtained at Seveinij, Ber- 

 ing Island, on the 19tli of January, 1883. It was in company with 

 another male and a female of the same species. As the Bufde-head is 

 a strictly American bird, its appearance on the coast of the Commander 

 Islands must be regarded as merely accidental. None of the inhabit- 

 ants had ever seen it. 



This is the first recorded instance of this species ever having been 

 met with'in any part of Asia. 



The dimensions of this specimen were as follows : 



U. S. JVa<. Mus. No. 92871; L. Stejneger No. 1873. ^ ad. Bering Island, January 19, 

 1883. 

 Total length, 372"""; tail beyond folded wings, 55°""; wing, 171"^™; tail-feathers, 

 7(jmm . graduation of tail, 27"'"^ ; bill from tip to frontal feathers on culmen, 28"™ ; 

 tarsus, 35™"^ ; middle too with claw, 59™™. 



Bemarks. — Iris dark brown. Bill bluish gray, lighter and somewhat tinged with 

 yellow at tip, on culmen, along tomia, and round the nostrils, darker at base and on 

 the naked skin of the chin-angle. Tongue light llesh-colored. Feet flesh-colored, with 

 a light linge of violet-rosy ; webs a little darker brownish, dirty-looking ; nails 

 black. Stomach contained gravel only. Very fixt. 



75. Histrionicus histrionicus (Lin.). 



1758. — Anas Mstrionica Lin., Syst. Nat., 10 ed., I, p. 127. — PALL.,Zoogr. Ross. As., II, 

 p. 273(1826).— Temm, and Schleg., Faun. Jap. Av., p. 129 (1849).— Mid- 

 DEND., Sibir. Reis., II, 2, p. 537 (1853). — Kittl., Denkw., II, p. 347 (1858).— 

 SCHRENCK, Reis. Amurl., I, p. 483(1800). — Radde, Reis. Siid. Ost-Sibir., II, 

 p. 374 (1863).— SwiNH., P. Z. S.,1863, p. 324.— Clangula /(.Whitely, Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 208.— Dybow. & Parvex, Journ. f. Orn., 1868, p. 339. — Blakist., Ibis, 

 1876, ]). 335.— /(i.. Amend. List B. Jap., p. 9 (1884).— Swinh., Ibis, 1877, p. 

 147.— Blakist. and Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 215.— lid., Tr. As. Soc. Jap., VIII, 

 1880, p. 186.— lid., ibid., X, 1882,p.99.— Seeb., Ibis, 1879, p. 22.— Hartl., J.f. 

 Orn., 1883, p. 283.— Fuligula h. Przew., Putesch. Ussur. (n. 208).— Earelda 

 h. FiNSCH, Abh. Brem. Ver., Ill, 1872, p. 67.— Taczan., J. f. Orn., 1873, p. 

 110.— Id., ibid., 1874, p.337.— 7d., ibid., 1875, p. 257.— M, Orn. Faun. Vost. 

 Sibir,, p. 71 {1877).— Id., Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1877, p. 47.— Id., ibid., 

 1883, p. 344. — Histrionicus h. Turner, Auk, 1885, p. 158. 



1758. — ^nas minutalji'S., Syst. Nat., 10 ed., I, p. 127. — Histrionicus m. Nelson, Cruise 

 Corwin, p. 98(1883). 



1853. — Anas histrionis Middend., Sibir. Reis., II, 2, pi. xxii. 



1855. — Clangula torquata Brehm, Vogelf, p. 385. — Histrionicus t. Baikd, Tr. Chicag. 

 Acad., 1, 1869 (p. 799).— Dall and Bannist., Tr. Chicag. Acad., I, 1869, p. 

 289.— Dall, Avif. Aleut. Isl. Unal. eastw., p. 5 (1873). — Coues in Elliott's 

 Alask. Affairs, p. 191 (1875).— Elliott, Monogr. Seal-IsL, p. 130 (1882), 



The above synonymy shows, at least partly, how this species has been 

 placed now in one, now in another genus, by those authors who are 

 afraid of many genera, merely because they are many. Nothing indi- 



