186 



AXATID.-E. 



perfect ellipse in shape, very smooth, with a considerable amount of 

 gloss, and of a greenish-white colour. It measures 2*1 by 1*45. 



1. Yukon River, Alaska, 7th June 

 (J. Lockhart : Smiths. Inst.}. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus HARELDA, Steph. 

 Harelda glacialis (Linn.). 



Anas glacialis, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vb'g. tab. Ixxix. fig. 6 (1845-54). 

 Harelda glacialis, Baedeker, Eier JEur. Vog. tab. 23. fig. 3 (1855-63); 



iJresser, Birds JEur. vi. p. 617 (1875); Seebohm fy Harme- Brown, 



Ibis, 1876, p. 445 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 160 ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds 



B. M. xxvii. p. 389 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 224 (1899). 

 Fuligula glacialis, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 431, pi. cxviii. 



fig. i '(1856) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, in. p. 598, pi. 66 (1885); id. 



Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 50, pi. 15. fig. 3 (1896). 

 Harelda hyemalis, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. 



p. 57 (1884). 

 Clangula hyemalis, Nelson, Report Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 72 (1887) ; 



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



The eggs of the Long-tailed Duck are either truly elliptical or of 

 a blunt oval shape ; they possess a considerable amount of gloss and 

 are of a pale greyish-green colour, inclining at times to buff or to 

 pale brown. They measure from 2 to 2-2 in length, and from 1*45 

 to 1*6 in breadth. 



2. North America, Lat. 58^ N., 22nd 



June. 

 7. St. Michael's, Alaska, 20th June 



(E. W. Nelson: Henshaw Coll.}. 

 4. Anderson River Fort, end of June 



(R. MacFarlane : Smiths. Inst.). 

 7. Hudson's Bay. 



2. Stewart Island, June (Henshaw Coll.}. 

 6. Greenland, June (E. Feneker}. 



4. Greenland, 25th June. 



4. Greenland, 2nd July. 



6. Iceland (H. C. Midler}. 



5. My Vatn Lake, Iceland, 10th June 



(Ntelson). 



3. Husavik, Iceland. 



7. Muonioniska, Lapland, 14th June 



(Meves: Hargitt Coll.}. 

 3. Lapland (J. W alley}. 

 3. Lapland (J. W}. 



8. Archangel (Piottuch). 



6. R. Petchora, 7th June (H. Seebohm 



$ J. A. Harvie-Brown}. 



3. R. Petchora, Lat. 67 A N., 2nd July 



(H. S. 8f J. A. H.-B.}. 

 6. R. Petchora, Lat. 68 N., 2nd July 



(H. S. # J. A. H.-B.}. 

 2. R, Petchora, Lat. 68 N. (H. S. $ 



J. A. H.-B.}. 



4. Yenesei Valley, 1st July (H. S.}. 



Dr. J. Rae [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Colt. 



