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(Edemia perspicillata (Linn.). 



Anas perspicillata, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vog. tab. Ixxxi. fig. 2 (184/5-54). 

 Pelionetta perspicillata, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 61. fig. 9 (1855- 



63) ; Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 98 (1884). 

 (Edemia perspicillata, Newton, P. Z. S. 1 867, p. 167 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. 



vi. p. 669 (1877) ; Salvador*, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 412 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 225 (1899); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 246 



(1899). 

 Fulig-ula perspicillata, Scebohm, Brit. Birds^\i\. p. 607, pi. 65 (1885) ; 



id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 52, pi. 15. tig. 2 (1896). 

 Oidemia perspicillata, MacFarlane, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 423 



(1891) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 1188 (1893). 



The eggs of the Surf-Scoter resemble those of (E. nigra. Five 

 examples measure respectively : 2*35 by 1*61 ; 2-37 by 1'56 ; 2*25 

 by 1-58 ; 2-23 by 1-55 ; 2-22 by 1-67. 



2. Anderson River, Arctic America, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



26th June (^. MucFarlane : ' 

 Smiths. Inst.}. 



1. Anderson River, 26th June (R. Crowley Bequest. 



MacF. : Tristram Coll.). 



2. Labrador Coast (J. G. Bell : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



Genus HENICONETTA, Gray. 



Heniconetta stelleri (Pall.). 



Anas dispar, Thien. FortpJJanz. yes. Vog. tab. ic. fig. 27 (1845-54). 

 Anas stelleri, Middend. Sibir. Beis. ii. 2, p. 234, tab. xxiii. figs. 3-5 



(1853; ; Nordvi, J.f. O. 1871, p. 208. 

 Somateria stelleri, Newton, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 400, pi. xxxix. fig. 4; Dresser, 



Birds Eur. vi. p. 649 (1871); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 613, pi. 59 



(1885) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 53, pi. 9. fig. 2 (1896). 

 EnicoiK'tta stelleri, Baird, Brewer fy Rid gw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 66 



(1884) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 1200 (1893). 

 Heniconetta stelleri, Salvadori, Car. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 419 (1895); 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 225 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 246 



(1899). 



The eggs of Steller's Duck are of a blunt oval form, very smooth, 

 fairly glossy, and of a pale buffish-green colour. They measure 

 respectively : 2-17 by 1-62 ; 2-15 by 1-55 ; 2 28 by 1-56. 



2. Varanger Fjord, Norway. Herr Schancke [P.]. 



1. Lyngen, Tromso, Norway, 26th Crowley Bequest. 



May (Nehrkorn Coll.). 



Genus ARCTONETTA, Gray. 

 Arctonetta fischeri (Brandt). 



Arctonetta fischeri, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgiv. Water Birds N. Am. ii. 

 p. 69 (1884) ; Nelson, Report Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 76 (1887) ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 422 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 226 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 247 (1899). 



The eggs of the Spectacled Eider Duck are of a very narrow, 



