viii CONTENTS. 



Plate Page 



Fuligula albeola, Buffcl-headed Duck 588 



clancfula. Golden-eye 63. 590 



histrionica. Harlequin Duck 65. 594 



glacialis. Long-tailed Duck QQ. 598 



nigra. Common Scoter 65. 602 



fusca. Velvet Scoter 65. 605 



perspiciHaia. Surf-Scoter 65. 607 



Genus SOMATERIA 611 



Somateria stellen. Steller's Eider 59. 613 



mollissima. Common Eider 59. 616 



spectabiUs. King Eider 59. 621 



Genus MERGUS 624 



Mergus merganser. Goosander 67. 625 



serrator. Red-breasted Merganser 67. 629 



cucullatiis. Hooded Merganser 67. 633 



albeUns. Smew 67. 636 



Family PELECANID-ffi 640 



Genus SULA 642 



Sida hassana. Gannet 34. 643 



Genus PHALACROCORAX 649 



Fhalacrocorax carbo. Cormorant 34. 650 



graculus. Shag 34. 656 



APPENDIX. 



Troglodytes hirtensis. St.-Kilda Wren 661 



Index of English Names 667 



Index of Genera and Species ' 673 



