420 ANATID^. 



I.) (1885) ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Am. B. p. 121, n. 157 (1886) -,. 

 Turner, Co7itr. N. H. of Alaska, p. 135 (1888) ; Nelson, Nat. Hist. 

 Coll. in Alaska, p. 76 (1887) ; Ridgw. Man. N. Am. B. p. 108 

 (1887) ; Stejn. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 137 (1887) (Commander 

 Isl.) ; Hartert, Kat. Vogelsamml. p. 233 (1891) ; Allen, Auk, 1893, 

 p. 123. 

 Stelleria dispar, Bp. Cat. Met. Ucc. Eur. p. 74, n. 457 (1842); 

 Macgill. Hist. Brit. B. v. p. 164 (1852) : Bi). Compt. Rend, xliii. 

 p. 650, n. 127 {l^bQ) ; Fritsch, Naturg. Viig. Eur. p. 436, Taf. 47. 

 f. 10 ( d" ), 12 ( 2 ) (1870) ; G. R. Or. Hand-list, iii. p. 88, n. 10705 

 (1871) ; Stejn. J.f. 0. 1873, p. 307 (Nomay) ; Goehel, ibid. p. 422 ; 

 Reinh. Vid. Medd. Kjobenh. 1881, p. 188 (Greenland); Walter,. 

 J.f. O. 1890, pp. 234, 236 (Norway). 

 Somateria stelleri, Jard. Brit. B. iv. p. 73 (1843) ; Neivt. P. Z. S. 1861, 

 p. 400, pi. xxxix. f. 4 (earg) ; Sharpe 4" Dress. B. of Eur. vi. p. 649, 

 pi. 447 (1871) ; Rey, S}non. Eur. Briitv. v. Gaste, p. 1.33 (1872) ; 

 Coues, Ibis, 1872, p. 53 ; Gum. ibid. p. 330 (Flaxman's Isl.) ; Coues, 

 Key N. Am. B. p. 291 (1872) ; id. Check-list, n. 511 (1873) ; id. 

 B. N.-West, p. 580 (1874) ; Cordeaux, Ibis, 1875, p. 186 (Heligo- 

 land) ; Tacz. Orn. Faun. Yost. Sibir. p. 72 (1877) ; id. Bull. Soc. 

 Zool. Fr. ii. p. 48 (1877) ; Collett, Nyt Mag. Naturvid. xxvi. 

 p. 376 (1881) ; Elliot, Man. Seal Isl. p. 130 (1881) ; Coues, Check- 

 list, 2nd ed. p. 116, n. 731 (1882) ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. Tiii. 

 p. 344 (Kamtschatka) (1883) ; Saund. in Yarrell's Hist. Brit. B. 

 iv. p. 468 (1884-85) ; Seeb. Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 613, pi. 59 {egg) 

 (1885) ; Dedit. J.f. 0. 1885, p. 207 (S. Petersburg) ; Seeb. Ibis, 

 1888, p. 350 (Great Liakoff Isl.) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 47 (1889) ; 

 Sau7id. III. Man. Brit. B. p. 451 (1889) ; Schal. J.f. 0. 1890, p. 79 ; 

 Seeb. B.Japan. Emp. p. 257 (1890) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 28 (Heligo- 

 land) ; Collett, Mindre Medd. ved. Norges Fuglef. 1881-92, p. 290 

 (1894). 

 Somateria dispar, Yarr. Hist. Brit. B. 2nd ed. iii. p. 305 (1845), 3rd 

 ed. iii. p. 306 (1850) ; Sclat. (?) Ibis, 1863, p. 477 ; Homey. J. f. O. 

 1872, p. 308 (Danzig, Konigsberg, and Pillau) ; Blakist. Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 335 (Kamtschatka) ; Ho7ney. J.f. O. 1878, p. 120; Blakist. ^ 

 Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 215 (Kamtschatka and Kurile Isl.) ; iid. Tr. 

 As. Soc. Jap. viii. p. 187 (1880), x. p. 100 (1882) ; Blakist. Ainend. 

 List B. Jap. p. 29 (1884). 

 Fuligula (Polisticta) stelleri, Brandt, Mem,. Acad. St. Petersb. (6) 



Sc. Nat. (1849) vi. p. 7 (1847). 

 Heniconetta stelleri, Licht. Nmmncl. Av. p. 103 (1854) ; Sundev. 

 Meth. nat. Av. disp. Tent. p. 148 (1872); Meves, J.f O. 1875, 

 p. 433 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 527 ; Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. 

 p. 539 (1882) ; B. O. U. List Brit. B. p. 133 (1883) ; Altum, 

 J. f O. 1885, p. 375 (Mark) ; Hartert, Ibis, 1892, p. 519 (E. 

 Prussia). 

 Polysticta dispar, Collett, Vidensk. Selsk. Forhandl. 1868, p. 180 



(Norway) ; id. J.f. O. 1869, p. 394. 

 Fuligula (Heniconetta) dispar, Rchnw. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 5 ; 



id. Vog. zool. Gart. p. 47 (1882). 

 Somateria (Heniconetta) stelleri, Coues, Key N. Am. B. 2nd ed. 

 p. 709 (1884). 



Adult male. Head and upper neck satiny white ; lores and short 

 occipital tuft olive-green ; space round the eyes, a spot on each side 

 of the occipital tuft, a collar round the middle of the neck (broader 

 behind) velvety black with a purple gloss ; chin and throat brown- 



