54. BOMATERIA. 425 



p. 88, n. 10706 (part.) (1871) ; Coues, Key iV. Am. B. p. 293, 

 n. 513 (part.) (1872). 



Fuligula spectabilis X Fuligula moUissima, Selys, Bull. Ac. Roy. 

 Brux. xxiii. 2, p. 10 (Newfoundland) (1856). 



Somateria dresseri, Sharpe, Ann. ^- Maif. N. H. (4) viii. pp. 51, 52, 

 f. 2 (head) (N. America) (1877) ; Sharps 8,- Dress. B. of Eur. 

 Yi. p. 642, f. 2 (head) (1871) ; B., B., ^- R. Water-B. N. Am. ii. 

 p. 76 (1884) ; Saunders, YarreWs Hist. Brit. B. iv. p. 459 (1884- 

 85) ; A.O.U. Check-list N. Am. B. p. 122, n. 160 (1886) ; 

 Ridyic. Man. N. Am. B. p. 110 (1887) ; Shufeldt, Pr. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. xi. pp. 222 and foU., ff'. 8, 11, 12, 13, 14 (osteology) (1888) ; 

 White, Auk, 1890, p. 204 (Ottawa, Canada) ; Mackay, Auk, 

 1890, pp. 315-319, 1892, p. 305; W. S. J., Forest and Stream, 

 1893, p. 96 (Maine) ; Mackay, Auk, 1893, pp. 77, 248, 370, 1894, 

 p. 223 (Massachusetts) ; Whitjkld, ibid. p. 323. 



Somateria mollisaima, var. dresseri, Coues, B. N.- West, p. 580 

 (1874). 



Somateria mollissima dresseri, Ridqw. Pr. U.S. Kat. Mus. 'in. pp. 205, 

 222 (1880) ; id. Nom. N. Am. B. n. 627 a (1881) ; Coues, Check- 

 list, 2nd ed. p. 110, n. 734 (1882) ; Stearns, Pr. U.S. Nat. Miis. 

 1883, p. 120 (Labrador) ; Coties, Key N. Am. B. 2nd ed. p. 712, 

 n. 734, f . 2, p. 708 (1884) ; Seeb. Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 616 (1885) ; 

 Nehrl. J.f. O. 1885, p. 148 (Lake ]Michigan). 



Adult male. Similar to that of S. mollissima, but with angles on 

 sides of forehead broad and rounded, instead of narrow and pointed ; 

 black of head bordered beneath bj' pale green for nearly its entire 

 length ; throat, in some specimens, with a trace of a V-shaped 

 dusky mark : bill from posterior end of nostril 1*35-1'48 inches, 

 angle from anterior extremity of loral feathering l'75-2, its width 

 across not less than -45, depth of upper mandible at frontal apex 

 1-1-28. 



Adult female. Similar to that of S. mollissima : bill from posterior 

 end of nostril 1-32 inches, angle 1'87, width 0-22 ; depth of upper 

 mandible 0-78. 



Hah. Atlantic coast of North America, from Elaine to Newfound- 

 land and southern Labrador ; south, in winter, to the Delaware and 

 the Great Lakes. 



a. (f ad. sk. Bay of Fundy (H. E. Dresser). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. d" ad. sk. Boston Market, Jan. {H. W. Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



Henshaw). 



c. (S juv. St. N. America. Old Coll. 



2. Somateria mollissima. 



The Eider Duck. 



Anas s. cutberti s. famensis, Willugh. Om. p. 278, t. 76 ( 2 ). 



Anser lanuginosus sive Eider, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 294, pis. xxix. (cJ), 



XXX. ($) (1760). 

 Eder fuglens, Briinn. Eder Fuylens beskrivelse, pp. 1-60 (1763). 

 Anas mollissima, Linn. S. N. i. p. 198, n. 15 (1766) ; Phipps, 



Voyage, App. p. 186 (Spitsbergen) (1774) ; Sparrm. Mus. Carlson. 



fasc. i. t. 6 (jun.) (1786) ; Gm. S. N. i. 2, p. 514, n. 15 (1788); 



Lath. Ind. 'Orn. ii. p. 845, n. 35 (1790); Temm. Man. d'Orn. 



