628 MERGUS CUCULLATUS.—M. MERGANSER. 
MERGUS CUCULLATUS, Linneus. 
(§ 5870. Three.—Sainte Croix River, New Brunswick, 15 June, 
1865. From Mr. Dresser, 1866. 
Kindly given to me by Mr. Dresser, who received them from Mr. G. A. 
Boardman, of Milltown, St. Stephen, in New Brunswick, the first person, I 
believe, to obtain eggs of this species, for in writing to Mr. Dresser he stated 
that on the 20th of May, 1864, he took a nest from a hollow tree on the above- 
named river. This contained six eggs, of which he broke four on descending 
the tree, and the old bird was caught on the nest. The next year he wrote 
that he had “ been up again after the same bird, and found her in another hole 
near by; but we were a little early. The- man caught the bird, and so 
frightened her that she did not lay out her litter. She had only five eggs and 
did not come back, so for fear of losing them I had them taken. They are 
very fine. I never drilled so hard an egg. The nest was about a pailful of 
down. I have not told any one about the eggs as so few collectors have 
them.” (Cf. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 167.) 
[§ 5871. Zwo.—North America. From Mr. Henry Buckley, 
1870. 
Sent to me, in February 1870, on the eve of Mr, Buckley’s departure for 
America, where he had been before, and he never told me their history, 
which his death, in May 1903, has now made irrecoverable. They agree in 
every respect with those obtained by Mr. Boardman (§ 5870), from whom they 
may have been received, and I do not doubt their being genuine. } 
MERGUS MERGANSER, Linneus. 
GOOSANDER. 
§ 5872. One.—Myvatn, Iceland, June, 1843. From Mr. 
Proctor, 1844. 
§ 5873. Two.—Jerisjarvi, 1854. 
Brought to me by Niemi’s lad Johan, found by himself at Jeris- 
jarvi in a nest on the ground a little after midsummer. He was 
sure they were Uu-Koskelo [Goosander |’s eggs, as the bird which flew 
off looked different from and cried unlike the common Koskelo. 
