410 



Lye. N. Y. X. p. 300 (1874) (Lake Miuhigan) ; Ridgtv. Nom. N. Am. 



B n. 632 (1881) ; Stearns, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mm. 1883, p. 121 



(Labrador) ; B., B., ^ R. Water-B. N. Am. ii. p. 93 (1884) ; 



Nehrl. J.f. O. 1885, p. 148 (Illinois). 

 Oidemia (Pelionetta) bimaculata, Baird, B. N. Ain. p. 808 (1858). 

 Melanitta deglandii, part., G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 89, n. 10715 



(1871). 

 CEdemia fusca, var. (?), Coues, Key, p. 294 (1872) ; id. Check-ltst, 



no. 517 (1873) ; id. B. N.-West, p. 581 (1874). 

 CEdemia fusca, b. volvetina, Coues, B. N.-West, p. 582 (1874). 

 CEdemia velvetina, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 529. 

 CEdemia fusca, Coues {nee Linn.), Check-list, 2ud ed. p. 116, n. 738 



(1882) : id. Key N. A^n. B. p. 714, n. 738 (1884). 

 Fuligula (CEdemia) velvetina, Rchnw. Oni. Centralbl. 1882, p. 17. 

 Fulio-ula fusca velvetina, Seeb. Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 605 (1885) ; id. 



B. Jap. Emp. p. 251 (tig. of the head) (1890). 



Adult male. Similar to CE. fusca, but the white mark under the 

 eyes more extended and the flanks olive-brown : the base of the 

 culmen much higher, and the feathering at the base of the bill much 

 more extended, the loral feathering being separated from nostrils 

 by a space much narrower than length of nostril ; male with 

 swollen lateral base of upper mandible entirely feathered, so that 

 the feathers come down nearly to the edge of upper mandible ; 

 width of bill at Avidest part equal to or greater than distance from 

 nostril to tip, the lateral outlines strongly convex ; knob with 

 anterior outline sloping backward ; distance from frontal feathering 

 to where outline of knob begins to incline downward not more than 

 0-45 ; colour of bill, in life, orange-red. Length iy-75-23-00 inches, 

 wing 10-65-11-40, culmen 1-40-1-70, tarsus 1-80-2-10. 



Female. Similar to that of CE. fusca, but easily to be recognized 

 by the space separating the loral feathers bciug narrower than the 

 nostrils. 



Eah. North-eastern North America ; south in winter to Chesa- 

 peake Bay and the Great Lakes. 



a, b. S imm. s" 



c. (S juv. sk. 



d. c? ad. sk. 



e-h. cJ ad. et 

 juv. sk. 



i. Imm. sk. 



k. 2 imm. sk. 



/. (5" ad. sk. 

 m. cJ ad. sk. 

 n. cj ad. sk. 



N. America. 



Massachusetts (//. H '. 

 Henshaw) . 



Branford, Connecticut, 

 Aug. {A. J. Day an). 



New Haven, Connecti- 

 cut. Oct., Nov. (C.H. 

 Merriam Sr A. J. J).). 



Chicago, Illinois, Nov. 

 {B. W. Nelson). 



Big Island, Gt. Slave 

 Lake. 



Fort Simpson. 



Salt Spring Island. 



Vancouver Island. 



Hudson's Bay Co. [P.], 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-C4odman Coll. 



Salvin-Crodman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



B. R. Boss, Esq. [P.]. 



B. R. Ross. Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. Lyall [P.]. 

 Old Coll. 



