[25] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
[634.] Mielametta fusca (Linn.). VELVET ScoTER. Palearctic 
region; accidental in Greenland. 
632, Melametta velwetima (Cass.). AMERICAN VELVET SCOTER, 
[601.] Coasts and Jarger inland waters of Northern 
North America; south in winter to Chesapeake Bay, 
the Great Lakes, and Southern California. 
a. No. 46254. gad. Sitka, Alaska; F. Bischoff. 
633. Pelionetta perspiciliata (Linn.). SuRF Duck. [602, 603.] 
Northern North America; south in winter to Jamaica, 
Ohio River, and Lower California. (Chiefly littoral.) 
a. No. 84744. g ad. Santa Cruz Island, California, March, 1878; W. 
A. Cooper. 
b. No. 46261. 9 ad. Sitka, Alaska; F. Bischoff. 
“634. Evismatura rubida (Wils.). Ruppy Duck. [609.] Tem- 
perate North America; south in winter to New 
Granada and West Indies. 
a. No. 84746. g ad. Neosho Falls, Kansas, summer, 1872; G. Turner. 
b. No. 59929. 9 ad. Fort Tejon, California; J. Xantus. 
630. Nomomyx domimicus (Linn.). BLAck MAsSkED DUCK. 
[610.] Tropical America; accidental in Eastern 
United States (Lake Champlain, New York, and 
Lake Koshkonong, Wisconsin). 
a. No.58818. gad. Tepic, Mexico; Col. A. J. Grayson. 
b. No. 50865. @Q ad. Tepic, Mexico; Col. A. J. Grayson. 
636. Mergus mergamser americanus (Cass.). AMERICAN 
SHELDRAKE. [611.] Whole of North America, breed- 
ing south to northern border of United States. 
a. No. 84747. g ad. Riverdale, Illinois, April, 1875; E. W. Nelson. 
b. No. 84748. @Q ad. Riverdale, Illinois, March, 1875; E. W. Nelson. 
637. Mergus serrator Linn. RED-BREASTED SHELDRAKE. [612.] 
Northern hemisphere, breeding in cold-temperate 
and subarctic districts. 
a. No. 9882. gad. San Francisco, California; Dr. A. D. Heermann. 
b. No. 84749. 9 ad. Cambridge, Massachusetts; W. Brewster. 
‘638. Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.). HoopED SHELDRAKE. 
[613.] Whole of North America, south to Mexico 
and Cuba; north to Alaska, and, accidentally, Green- 
land; Bermudas; casualin Europe. (Breeds nearly 
throughout its range.) 
b. No. 1306. g ad. Carlisle, Pennsylvania, March 21, 1844; Prof. S. F. 
Baird. 
