284 riiOCEEDINGS OF THE NATION Al. MUSKVM. vol.xxi. 



74. SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS (Linnaeus). 



'V\\v, kiiij; cider w;is called by the Kuriliaiis and Kamchodals Mitii^ 

 jiccordiiij": to Pallas, who adds that this species is only seen in spring 

 at the Knrils.' It ia i)robal)ly t<> this si)ecies that Snow's tiomaUria 

 r-)iu/ra ( ?), of which he says that ai lew of these have been seen about 

 the most northein islands in early spring, slum Id be referred.'-* 



75. OIDKMIA AMERICANA Swainson and Richardson. 53. 



Mr. Snow, who hiis collected several specimens in the Knrils, says 

 that this sjK^cics is gciicq-ally fonml tlxM'e on the rivers daring sniinner. ' 

 Snow, in his Not(^s on tln^ Kniil Islands,^ adds tlnit a few breed on 

 the noilhcrn ishiiids. 



76. OIDEMIA STEJNEGERI Ridgway. 52. 



r.lakiston nnd l*ry(;r'' quote Mr. Snow as suyingthat he has found a 

 few on (he Knrils, but that they go failher iu)rth to breed. One of 

 Snow's specimens fiom the Knrils is in the l')ritish Museum, ;uid is 

 ennmeratcMJ by Salvadoi'i" as Oidcmia corho Pallas, a- name strictly 

 synonymous with (). J'uHca Ijinnneus, for which it was only ])roi)osed as 

 a sul)stHnte iind ent-ii'ely inadmissible^ for the eastern si»ecies. It is 

 probiibly this specimen which is lignred in Secbohm.' 



77. MERGANSER MERGANSER (Linnaeus). 55. 



Breeds on the Knrils, ;ic<'<n'(ling to Snow." I'allas gives the Kurilian 

 nanu^ as Tidpe.'' 



78. MERGANSER SERRATOR (Linnaeus). 56. 



Snow is also anthority for the sta-tenumt tlnit this species breeds on 

 the Kurds.'' lb; adds that it occurs in winter on Iturup. 



79. PHALACROCORAX URILE (Gmelin). 59. 



According to Piillas it is rather rare about the Kuril islands, where 

 it was called ('ril. The llesh, he siiys, is ])oor, but if thoroughly boiled 

 overconu'.s hunger; when roasted it is exceedingly bad, except when 

 done after the fashion of the Kurilians, who roast the birds, especially 

 the young ones, with leathers and entrails, in a small pit tilled with 

 glowing ashes, and then i)e(',l them,'" 



80. PHALACROCORAX PELAGICUS Pallas. 58. 



Specimen and eggs of this species were obtaine<l by Snow on the 

 Kuril islands." 



' /oo{,n-., II, ]). 237. ' I',. .J:ip. Kinp., p. 'JM. 



2 Notes Kuril Isl., 1S%, p. S2. «No1,e8 Kuril Isl., 18!K), p. :VJ. 



' Hliikistoii iiiid I'rycr, )». !()(». "Zoogr., II, p. 287. 



•< I'age 32. >" Idoin, II, pp. 301, 302. 



' l':if;(^ 100. II IMttkiHton and I'ryor, p. 102. 



'Sharps, Cat. H. Brit. iMns., X.VVII, p. 112. 



