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Somateria faeroeensis, Somateria megauros, Somateria 

 islandica, Somateria borealis, Somateria Leisleri, et So- 

 materia planifrons, Brehm. 



Eider or Edder Duck, Mont. 



Eider Duck, Bew.; Yarr.; Lew. Br. B. Sf Eggs, pi. 50. 



Common Eider, Selby. 



2. Somateria spectabilis. The King Duck. B.M. 



Anas spectabilis, Linn.; Hewit. Brit. Ool. pi. 101. f. 2. 

 Anas mollissima, pt., Temm. 

 Somateria spectabilis (Leach), Boie. 

 King Duck, Mont.; Yarr. 

 King Eider, Selby. 



8. OIDEMIA. 



1. OiDEMiA FUSCA. The Velvet Scoter. 



Anas fusca, Linn. ; Thienem. Fortpfi. Vog. Eur. t. 25. f. 1 ; 



Scliinz, Eier, t. 15. f. 4. 

 Anas carbo, Pall. 

 Melanitta fusca, Boie. 

 Oidemia fusca, Flem. 

 Anas fuliginosa, Bechst. 

 Melanitta Hornschuchii, Melanitta megapus, et Melanitta 



platyrhynchos, Brehm. 

 Velvet Duck, Mont. 

 Velvet Scoter, Selby ; Yarr. 



2. Oidemia nigra. The Common Scoter. B.M. 



Anas nigra, Linn.; Thienem. Fortpfi. Vog. Eur. t. 25. f. 2; 



Schinz, Eier, t. 18. f. 2. 

 Anas atra. Pall. 

 Anas cinerascens, Bechst. 

 Anas cinerea, S. G. Gmel. 

 Oidemia nigra, Flem. 

 Melanitta nigra, Boie. 

 Melanitta nigripes, Melanitta megauros, et Melanitta gib- 



bera, Brehm. 

 Oidemia leucocephala, Flem. 

 Scoter, Mont. 

 Black Scoter, Selby. 

 Common Scoter, Yarr. 

 White-necked Duck, Penn. 



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