190 



ANATIDJK. 



pointed oval form, smooth, fairly glossy, and of a dull greenish- 

 buff or greyish-green colour. They measure from 2-66 to 2'81 in 

 length, and from 1'72 to 1'8 in breadth. 



Alaska (E. W. Nelson). 



St. Michael's, Alaska, 12th June 



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

 St. Michael's, 17th June (E. W. N. : 



Henshaw Coll.}. 

 St. Michael's, 14th June (E. W. 



Nelson). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Genus SOMATEBJA, Leach. 



Somateria mollissima (Linn.). 



Anas mollissima, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vog. tab. Ixxviii. fig. 1, a-c 



(1845-54). 

 Somateria mollissima, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 8. fig. 1 (1855-63) ; 



Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 414, pi. cxv. fig. iii (1856) ; 



Dresser, Biro* Eur. vi. p. 629 (1871) ; Feilden in Markhani's Polar 



Reconn. pp. 336, 339 (1881) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 616, pi. 59 



(1885) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 54, pi. 9. figs. 3, 4 (1896) ; 



Salvadori, Cat. 'Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 425 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. \. 



p. 226 (1899). 



The eggs of the Eider Duck are of a rather narrow oval form, 

 with the smaller end pointed. They are smooth, glossy, and vary 

 in colour from greyish green to deep green. They measure from 

 2-8 to 3-3 in length, and from 1-9 to 2-1 in breadth. 



6. Greenland. 



5. Greenland (E. Feneker : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 1. Iceland ( W. Proctor). 



4. Iceland, llth June (Nielson). 



5. Iceland, 4th June (Nielson). 



1. Spitsbergen. 



8. Hecla Cove, Spitsbergen. 



2. Nameless Bay, Novaya Zemlya , 1 5th 



June. 



1. Malotchskin Schar, Novaya Zemlya, 

 22nd June. 



4. Faroe Islands (H. C. Mutter}. 



5. Faroe Islands, 10th June (H. C. M. : 



Hargitt Coll.). 



5. Faroe Islands, 10th June (H. C. M. : 

 Hargitt Coll.). 



4. Loch Maddy, N. Uist, 6th June 



(E. V. Seebohm). 



5. Loch Maddy, 6th June (E. V. S.). 



1. Fair Island, Orkneys. 



2. Farn Islands. 



4. Farn Islands. 



1. Farn Islands, 29th May (H.Seebohm ) . 

 1. Farn Islands, June. 



5. Farn Islands, 4th June (E. Hargitt). 



Col. H. W. Feilden, C.B. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Old Collection. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 McConnick Bequest. 

 Admiral A. H. Markham [P.]. 



Admiral A. II. Markham [P.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 E. M. Nelson, Esq. [P, 

 J. Whitehead, Esq. [P 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



