SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA. 565 
§ 5645. Zwo.—Iceland. From Herr Kristian Zimsen, 1858. 
{Both dwarfs, measuring 2:05 by 1:36 and 1:58 by 1:21 inch respectively.] 
[§ 5646. Zwo.—North Warmsey, Farne Islands, 21 June, 
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Taken by my brother Edward and myself.] 
[§ 5647. Twelve.—Farne Islands, May, 1854. 
Hewitson, ‘Eggs of British Birds,’ ed. 3, pl. exv. fig. 3. 
Out of about two dozen sent to us at Elveden by Mr. Charles Thorp, to be 
put under hens. I cannot remember how many were hatched, but only one 
bird was reared. That proved to be a male and lived for more than a year, 
becoming exceedingly tame. One of these eggs was figured by Mr. Hewitson 
as above. | 
[§ 5648. Fowr—North Warmsey, 23 June, 1856. “E. N.” 
Taken by my brother on our second visit to the Farne Islands. | 
[§ 5649. Zwo.—South Cape Islands, Spitsbergen, 1855. 
From Messrs. Wilson Sturge and Edward Evans. 
Sent to me with other eggs (§§ 4101, 4629, 5462, 5478) on the return of 
those gentlemen. The notes of their voyage were published in ‘The Ibis’ 
(1859, pp. 166-174). They did not find the King-Duck. } 
[§ 5650. One.—Frederikshaab, Greenland, 1857. From 
Dr. David Walker, R.N., Naturalist to the ‘ Fox,’ R.Y.S. 
According to Sir Leopold McClintock’s narrative of the voyage (p. 20), the 
‘Fox’ arrived at Fredrikshaab 20 July, 1857, where birds’ skins ard eggs were 
“purchased of the Esquimaux.” So far as I know, the King-Duck is only 
mentioned in one passage (p. 323), and that has reference to Port Kennedy. | 
[§ 5651. One—Women’s Islands, North Greenland, 1861. 
From Dr. James Taylor, 1562. |] 
[§ 5652. Zwo.—North America. From Dr. Heermann, 1861. 
These must belong to Somateria dresseri, if that be a good species. } 
