398 ANATID^. 



coverts; wings and tail blacMsh; underparts brown, but the edges 

 of the feathers whitish, producing a mottled appearance ; lower 

 flanks brown-olive ; under tail-coverts with a rusty tinge. Total 

 length about 13'5 inches, wing 6'75, tail 3*o, culmen 1, tarsus 1'2. 



Young males are slightly darker than female on the upper parts. 



Males in first nuptial dress are mottled with white on the chin 

 and throat, the belly is suffused with brown, and there is scarcely 

 anj' chestnut on the flanks, and the white on the scapulars is very 

 restricted. 



Males in moulting dress resemble the females, but show a large 

 whitish patch on the anterior part of the sides of the head, extended 

 even under the eyes ; there are traces of the chestnut bands on the 

 sides of the crown posteriorly ; some black feathers among the 

 brown of the neck, a narrow white band on the sides of the nape ; 

 a few white feathers edged with black on the sides of the breast 

 (Mus. Turin). 



Young in down have the upper parts dark brown ; underparts 

 white, but the brown extending slightly on the breast and flanks, 

 a pair of white spots on the sides of the rump, and a second pair 

 on tho wings ; a whitish spot above and anteriorly to the eyes ; 

 throat white, abruptly defined from the brown upper half of the 

 head. 



Mab. Iceland, accidentally in Europe ; Northern North America, 

 south in winter to the Middle States aud California ; North-eastern 

 Asia, south in winter to Japan ; west of Lake Baikal ; is reported to 

 breed in the Ural. 



a,b. c? 2 ad. st. Iceland. Purchased. 



c. r? ad. sk. Iceland. H. J. Elwes, Esq. 



[P.]. 



d,e. S 2 ^^- sk. Amoorland (Dr. Midden- Seebohm Coll. 

 dorff). 



f. c? ad.sk. Kurile Islands (O. Snoio). Seebohm Coll. 



g. (S ad. sk. Japan. Tweeddale Coll. 

 h. S ad. sk. Hakodadi, Japan, June. Seebohm Coll. 



/. 2 ad. sk. Yokohama, Japan (H. Pryer). Seebohm Coll. 



k, I. 2 S'd. et S Yezo, Japan. Tweeddale Coll. 



juv. sk. 



m. 2 ad. sk. S. Yezo, Japan, Nov. {Blakis- Seebohm Coll. 



ton), 



n. Juv. sk. Kegiktowik, Alaska, Oct. (H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



W. Nelson). 



o,p,q. cJSad. et St. Michael's, Alaska, June- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(5" imm. sk. Oct. (E. W. Nelson). 



r. c? ad. sk. W. coast of Alaska, June (J". ^. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Johns), 



s. (J ad. sk. Fort MacPhersou, near Alex- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ander R., June. 



t,u. S 2 ad. St. Columbia R. Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 



V. c? ad. sk. Vancouver Island. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



w. S ad. sk. Vancouver Island. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



X. <S ad. sk. St. Juan Island, March. Dr. Lyall [P.]. 



y,z. S 2 ^^- s^' ^o'ci Simpson. B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.]. 



