SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS. . 067 
[§ 5656. Zwo.—Island in Franklin Bay. From the Smiti- 
sonian Institution, through Professor Baird, 1867. 
These (§§ 5655-56) from the collections of Mr. MacFarlane, who writes 
(Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 422) of this species that it “ breeds in immense 
numbers on the shores of Franklin Bay ; it is also very abundant on the coast 
and islands of Liverpool Bay..... We found some nests on a sloping bank at 
a distance of three hundred or more feet from the sea. Others were also on 
the mainland, but the bulk of those secured by us were obtained from sandy 
islets in the bays. Over one thousand eges of the S. v-nigra, I think first made 
known by us, were forwarded to Washington.” The Collector's number 
inscribed on these is 12870. ] 
SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS (Linneus). 
KING-DUCK. 
§ 5657. One.— Davis Strait.” From Mr. Graham, 1847. 
There is no doubt that Mr. Graham had some from Davis Strait, 
brought by the surgeon of a whaler (Dr. Hoope, of York), of which 
the Messrs. Milner had one; but, alas! I was present when he 
selected this from memory from a heap of common Eiders’, similarly 
blown. 
§ 5658. Zwo.—Godthaab, Greenland. From Captain Holbdll’s 
Collection, through Mr. Samuel Stevens, 1854. 
Bought for me by Mr. Salmon of Mr. Samuel Stevens, who had 
them on sale for Carl Holboll—some eight or nine specimens in all. 
They are from the same source as those figured by Mr. Hewitson 
[Eggs of British Birds, ed. 3, pl. exv. figs. 1, 2]. 
§ 5659. One.—North Greenland. From Dr. Rudolph, through 
Herr Conradsen, 1857. 
Given to me at Copenhagen by Conservator Conradsen., 
