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year, and were considered by me to be the very first specimens 

 of this Duck ever obtained in Greenland, until I learned from 

 ' The Ibis ' (1860, p. 166) that Dr. Walker had already obtained 

 it during his short stay at Godhavn in the beginning of August 



1857. 



75. ^FuUgula cristata, Ray. 



I insert this species upon the authority of Walker, who men- 

 tions it amongst the birds obtained at Godhavn during the 

 " Fox's " stay there in 1857 (' The Ibis,' /. c). The capture of 

 this Duck in North Greenland must be considered a very extra- 

 ordinary fact, as it does not inhabit North America, and as, in 

 Europe, Iceland is not even included in its geographical range. 



76. Clangula islandica (Gmel.). 



Breeds in South Greenland only (Godthaab and Nenortalik). 



77. ^Clangula albeula (Linn.). 



The adult female obtained nearly thirty years ago at Godt- 

 haab, and mentioned by my late father (Ichth. Bidr. p. 22), is 

 still the only specimen ever observed. 



78. Clangula histrionica (Linn.). 



79. Harelda glacialis (Linn.). 



80. SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA (Linn.). 



81. SoMATERIA SPECTABILIS (Linn.). 



82. ^(Edemia perspicillata (Linn.). 

 Only very few specimens obtained. 



83. Mergus ^rrator, Linn. 



84. CoLYMBUS glacialis, Linn. 



An interesting variety of this Diver was received in 1859 from 

 Nenortalik, thoroughly silver-grey ; the white spots on the back 

 (of the regular plumage) are in this variety still perceivable in a 

 certain light as marks somewhat diflFerently shaded. 



85. CoLYMBUS SEPTENTRIONALIS, Linn. 



86. *Podiceps holbcellii, Rhdt. 



Besides the two specimens (one of them in summer-, the other 

 in winter-plumage) upon which I established this new species 



