422 A2JATID2E. 



m-p. S ? imm. St. Michael's, Alaska, Sept., Salvin-Godman Coll. 



etjuv.sk. Oct. {E. W. Nelson), 



u, r, s. (S 9- ad. St. Paul, Kodiak I., June Salvm-Godman Coll. 



sk. {W.J.Fisher), 



t, u, V. (S 2 ad. Unalashka Island, Dec. [L. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. M. Turner ^ M. W. Har- 

 rington). 



53. ARCTONETTA. 



Type. 



Lampronetta (subgen.), Braiidt, Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 

 (6) {Sc. Nat.) vi. 1849, p. 5 (publ. 1847) {nee Lampro- 

 nessa, Wagl.) A. fischeri. 



Arctonetta, G. R. Ch: P. Z. S. 1855, p. 212 ( = Lampro- 

 netta, Brandt). 



Range. Confined to North-west America. 



1. Arctonetta fischeri. 



Fuligula (Lampronetta) fischeri, Bra7idt, Mem. Ac. St. Petersb. (6) 

 vi. (1849) pp. 6, 10, 14, pi. i. ff. 1-4 (1847) *. 



Somateria fischeri, G. R. Gr. Gen. B., App. p. 28 (1849) ; Eyt. Syn. 

 Anat. p. 105 (18G9) ; Coues, Key N. Am. B. p. 292 (1872) ; id. 

 Chech-list, n. 512 (1873); id. B. N.-West, p. 580 (1874); id. 

 Check-list, 2nd ed. p. 116, n. 732 (1882) ; Saund. Ibis, 1883, p. 348. 



Lampronetta fischeri, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 211, pi. cviii. ( c? , $ r 

 & youno- (J ) ; Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 650, n. 126 (1856) ; 

 Baird, B. N. Am. p. 803 (1858) ; id. Cat. N. Am. B. n. 599 

 (1859) ; Elliot, Illustr. B. of North Am. pi. 47 (pt. v., 1867) : 

 Dall ic Bann. Tr. Chic. Acad. i. p. 299 (1869) ; Ball, Pr. Calif. 

 Acad. V. p. 30 (1873) ; Adams, Ibis, 1878, p. 433 ; Sclat. P.Z. S. 

 1880, p. 528 ; Ridgw. Nam. N. Am. B. n.626 (1881) ; Nels. Cruise 

 'Corwin,' p. 100 (1881) ; Murdoch, E.vped. to Point Barrow, Alaska, 

 p. 119 (1885) ; Matschie u. Ziemer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 192. 



Arctonetta fischeri, " G. R. Gr.," Baird, B. N. Am. p. 803 (1858) ; 

 Blakist. Ibis, 1863, p. 150 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 89, n. 10709 

 (1871) ; Sundev. Meth. not. Av. disp. Tent. p. 149 (1872) ; B., B., 

 4- R. Water-B. N. Ain. ii. p. 69 (1884); A. O. U. Check-list 

 N. Am. B. p. 122, n. 158 (1886) ; Turner, Conir. N. H. of Alaska, 

 p. 136 (1886) ; Nelson, Nat. Hist. Coll. in Alaska, p. 76, pi. v. f. 1 

 (head of the male) (1887) ; Ridgw. Man. North Am. B. p. 108 

 (1887) ; Allen, Auk, 1893, p. 123. 



Anas fischeri, Gieh. Thes. Orn. i. p. 351 (1872), 



Blue-eyed Duck, Adams, Ibis, 1878, p. 433 (Michalaski). 



Somateria (Lampronetta) fischeri, Rchnw. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, 

 p. 18. 



Fuligula fischeri, Hartl. J.f. 0. 1883, p. 258. 



Somateria (Arctonetta) fischeri, Coties, Key N. Am. B. 2nd ed. 

 p. 710, n. 732 (1884). 



* " Fuligzdam {Lampronettam) fischeri novam Avium Rossicorum specieni, 

 pramissis observationibus ad FuUgularum generis sectionum et. subgenerum 

 qufflrundam characteres et affinitates spectantibus descripsit J. F. Brandt. " {I. c. 

 pp. 1-15). 



