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Harelda glacialis (Liun.). 



This northern species occurs not unfrequently in Upper 

 Italy, especially in the Venetian province ; our collection 

 has three specimens — two males from Nice, one nearly 

 adult, shot on the 12th of January 1878, and a young 

 female shot on the lake of Garda during the winter of 1865. 



CEdemia nigra (Linn.). 



I know only of a single instance of the capture of this 

 species in Italy : our collection possesses the specimen which 

 was taken at Massaciuccoli in November 1830 ; it is an adult 

 male, and is mentioned by Savi. I may add that two adult 

 males of this species, said to be Italian, are at Verona — one 

 at the Academy, the other in the Perini collection. 



CEdemia fusca (Linn.). 



During the last three years this species has been more 

 frequently caught in Italy ; and our collection possesses a 

 fine series, both adult and young, shot at Massaciuccoli, 

 Venice, and Comacchio. 



SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA (LiuU.) . 



I only know of two authentic instances of the occurrence 

 the Eider in Italy proper, both young birds. The first was 

 shot many years ago near Pisa, the second, a male, in 

 October 1856 at Savona ; this specimen is in our collection, 

 to which it was presented by that distinguished ornithologist 

 the Abbe Armand David, who got it in the flesh while pro- 

 fessor at Savona. An adult male in Finger's collection in 

 the Vienna Museum is said to have been caught on the 7th 

 of May 1859, at Trau, near Spalato, in Dalmatia. 



EriSMATURA LEUCOCEPHALA (Scop.) . 



This is a rare species even in Sardinia, where it most fre- 

 quently occurs. Our collection possesses four specimens, 

 male and femalq^ from Lentini (Sicily), Cagliari, Barletta, 

 and Ostia ; the last, a magnificent male, was shot with three 

 others on the 29th of March 1880. 



Mergus merganser, Linn. 



A rare species in Italy. Our collection contains four speci- 



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