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ORNITHOI.OGrCAL EXPLORATIONS. 



The East Asiatic bird has universally and indiscrirainately been reg- 

 istered as 0. fusea. Just how many of these references really belong 

 to it and how many to deglandii is difQcult to say. I have, therefore, 

 given the chief quotations in the foot-note.* 



lAst of specimens. 



No. 92847. — Iris dark bi'owii. Bill blackish gray. Feet reddish gray ; tarsus behind and joints 

 more grayish ; wobs more blackish. In stomach only small stones. 



The " Turpan''\ is not a common winter visitor to the islands, it being 

 mostly seen in fall and spring, and then mostly too far from the shore 

 to be easily secured. 



81. Merganser merganser (LiN.). 



1758. — Mergus merganser- Liu., Syst. Nat., 10 ed., I, p. 129. — Pall., Zoogr. Ross. Aeiat., 

 II, p. 286 (1826).— Temm. aud Schleg., Faun. Jap. Av. (p. — ) (1849).— 

 MiDDEND., Sibiv. Reise, II, 2, p. 238 (1853).— Kittl., Denkw,, II, p. 248 

 (1858).— SCHKENCK, Rpis. Amur]., I, p. 485 (I860).— Swinh., Ibis, 1861, p. 

 344.— /d., P. Z. S., 1863, p. 323. -Radde, Reis. Slid. Ost-Sibir., II (p. 378) 

 (1863).— Pezew., Putescli. Ussur. (ii. 212) (1870).— Taczan., J. f. Orn., 1873, 

 p. no.— Id., Orn. Faun. Vost. Sibir., p. 72 (1877).— /d., Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 France, 1877, p. 48.— IfZ., ibid., 1883, p. 345. 



1766.— ilf<?r«7Ms castor Lin., Syst. Nat., 12 ed., I, p. 209.— Swinh, P, Z. S., 1871, p. 416.— 

 Id., Ibis, 1875, p. 456.— Blakist. & Pryeu, Ibis, 1878, p. 215.— lid., Tr.As. 

 Soc. Jap., VIII, 1880, p.187.— lid., ibid., X, 1881, p. 101.— Blakist., Amend. 

 List B.Jap., p. 9 (1884). 



The Goosander from Kamtschatka and Bering Island, the " Bolsehoj 

 KracliaV of the inhabitants, is the true merganser, indistinguishable 

 from the bird occurring in the western portion of the Palajarctic region. 



*Ana8 fusca Lin., Syst. Nat., 10 ed., I, p. 123 (1758.)— Oidemiaf. SwiNH., P. Z. S., 1863, 

 p,324.— 7rf., ibid.,1871,-p,419.—Id., Ibis, 1875, p. 457.— Whitely, Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 208.— FiNSCH, Abh. Brem. Ver., Ill, 1872, p. 69.— Taczan., J. f. Orn., 1873, 

 p. 110.— Zd., Orn. Faun. Vost. Sibir., p. 71 (1877).— Id., Bull. Soc. Zool., 

 1877, p. 48.— Blakist. & Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 215.— lid., Tr. As. Soc. Jap., 

 VIII, 1880, p. 187.— /id., ibid., X, 1882, p. 100.— Blakist., Chrysanth., 1883, 

 p. 27.— Id., Amend. List B. Jap., p. 9 (1884).— ^was carbo Pallas, Zoogr. 

 Ross. As., II, p. 244 (1826).— Middend., Sibir. Reise, II, 2 (p. 236) (1853),— 

 Radde, Reis. Sud. Ost-Sibir, II (p, 373) (1863), 



