UiDKMU. HEXICONKTTA. ARCTONETTA. 189 



(Edemia perspicillata (Linn.). 



Anas perspicillata, Thien. FortpHmiz. <jes. Vo(/. tab. Ixxxi. fig. 2 (184''5-54). 

 Pelioiietta ]ierspic'illata, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vd</. tab. 61. fig. 9 (1855- 



(j;3) ; Baird, Brewer Sf Eid(/u\ Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 98 (1884). 

 (Edemia peispicillata, Neiiion, P. Z. S. ]867, p. 167; Dresser, Birds Eur. 



vi. p. 669 (1877) ; Salradori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 412 (1895) ; 



Sharjje, Hand-/, i. p. 225 (1899); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamnd. p. 240 



(1899). 

 Fiiligula perspicillata, 'See/iohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 007, pi. 65 (1885) ; 



id. Effffs of Brit. Birds, p. 52, pi. 15. fig. 2 (1896). 

 Oidemia perspicillata, MucEarlane, Pruc. U.S. Kat. 3Ius. xiv. p. 423 



(1891); Tacz. Fauna Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 1188 (1893). 



The eggs of the Surf-Scoter resemble those of (E. nigra. Five 

 examples measure lespectivelv : "l-'ib by 1*61 ; 2"37 by 1'56 ; 2"25 

 by 1-58 ; 2-23 by 1-55 ; 2-22 by 1-67. 



2. Anderson River, Arctic America, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



26th June {Ii. MacFarlane : 

 Smiths, hut.). 



1. Anderson River, 20th June {E. Crowley Bequest. 



MacF.: Tristram Coll.). 



2. Labrador Coast (•/. G. Bell: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



trajn Coll.). 



Genus HENICONETTA, Graif. 



Heniconetta stelleri (Pall.). 



Anas dispar, Thien. Fortpflo7iz. r/es. V6(/. tab. ic. fig. 27 (1845-51). 



Anas stelleri, Middend. Sibir. Eeis. ii. 2, p. 234, tab. xxiii. figs. 3-5 



(1853j ; Nordvi, J.f. 0. 1871, p. 208. 

 Somateria stelleri, Netcton, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 400, pi. xxxi.x. fig. 4; Dresser, 



Birds Eur. Vi. p. 649 (1871); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 613, pi. 59 



(1885) ; id. Efff/s cf Brit. Birds, p. 53, pi. 9. fig. 2 (1896). 

 Eniconetta stelleri, Baird, Brewer t^- Eidr/w. If'ater Birds iV. Am. ii. p. 06 



(1884) ; 7'aez. Eaune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 1200 (1803). 

 Heniconetta stelleri, (Sfl/wf/o/V, Car. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 419 (1895); 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. ]). 225 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eie.rsamnd. p. 246 



(1899). 



The eggs of Stcller's Duelv are of a blunt oval form, very smooth, 

 fairly glossy, and of a pale buffish-grcen colour. They measure 

 respectively": 2-17 by 1-62 ; 2-15 by 1-55 ; 2 28 by 1-56. 



2. Varanger Fjord, Norway. Herr Schancke [P.]. 



1. Lvngen, Troiusci, Norwav, 26th Crowley Bequest. 



' May {Nehrkorn Coll.). 



Genus ARCTONETTA, Grai/. 

 Arctonetta fischeri (Brandt). 



Arctonetta fischeri, Baird, Brewer >.y Ridyic. Water Birds X. Am. ii. 

 p. 69 (1881); Selson, Eeport Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 76 (1887); 

 Sahado7-i, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 422 (1895); Shurpe, Iland-l. i. 

 p. 226 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 247 (1899). 



The eggs of the Spectacled Eider Duck are of a very narrow. 



