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9. Sweden, 9th June. Crowley Bequest. 



8. Oland Island, Denmark, 2nd July Seebohm Coll. 

 (Me ves: Haryitt Coll.). 



5. R. Petchora, Lat. 68 N., 2nd July Seebohm Coll. 



(H. Seebohm fy J. A. Harvie- 

 Brown). 



6. R. Petchora, Lat. 68 N., 4th July Seebohm Coll. 



(H. S. $ J. A. H.-B.). 



Fuligula affinis, Eyton. 



Fulix affinis, Ross, Canad. Nat. vii. p. 153 (1862) ; id. Nat. Hist. Rev. 



1862, p. 287 ; Baird, Brewer $ Ridyiv. Water Birds N. Amer. ii. 



p. 22(1884). 

 Aythva affinis, Nelson, Report Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 71 (1887) ; 



MacFarlane, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 421 (1891). 

 Fuligula affinis, Salwdori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 360 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 223 (1899); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 246 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Lesser Scaup Duck are not separable from those 

 of F. marila. Four examples measure respectively : 2*41 by 1'65 ; 

 2-35 by 1-65 ; 2-37 by 1'63 ; 2-3 by 1-55. 



1 . North America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Yukon River, Alaska, 22nd June Crowley Bequest. 



(J. Lockhart : Smiths. Inst.). 

 3. Mackenzie River District. B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.]. 



Fuligula fuligula (Linn.). 



Anas fuligula, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Voy. tab. Ixxix. fig. 1 (1845-54). 



Fuligula cristata, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voy. tab. 56. h'g. 4 (1855-63) ; 

 Heiuitson, Eyys of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 430, pi. cxviii. fig. iii (1856) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 573 (1879); Hume $ Marsh. Game 

 Birds 2nd. iii. p. 277 (1880); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 583, 

 pi. 64 (1885) ; id. Eyys of Brit. Birds, p. 47, pi. 13. fig. 5 (1896). 



Fuligula fuligula, Salcadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 363 (1895) ; 

 'Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 223 (1899). 



The eggs of the Tufted Duck merely differ from those of Ay thy a 

 ferina and Fuligula marila in being rather smaller. They measure 

 from 2-15 to 2-4 in length, and from 1-58 to 1*65 in breadth. 



2. Wallington, Northumberland, W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. [P.]. 



24th June. 



1. Merton, Norfolk, 14th May (H. Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm). 



1. Rainworth, Nottingharnsmie, Seebohm Coll. 



10th June (J. Whitaker}. 



3. Laid in confinement (Elreden, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Suffolk, June). 



5. Lapland, June (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Muonioniska, Lapland. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 2 Muonioniska, 8th July (J. Wolley). Seebohm Coll. 



]. Muonioniska, 1st July (/. W.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Finland, 19th June (J. W.}. Seebohm Coll. 



