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2. Farn Islands, 12th June (H. 



Saunders}. 

 2. Farn Islands, 14th June (H. See- 



bohm). 



2. Coquet Island, 6th June (0. Saloin). 

 1. Stavauger, Norway. 

 1. Norway, 20th June. 

 5. Skaarholuien, Sinolen Islands, 28th 



May. 

 5. Triktiln Island. Smolen Islands, 



26th May. 

 4. Tromso, Norway, llth June (H. 



Seebohm}. 

 1 . Sweden. 



Seebohin Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 



Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



S. 0. Sahlin, Esq. [P.]. 



Somateria v-nigra (Gray}. 



.Somateria v-nigrum, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgio. Water Birds N. Am. ii. 



p. 80 (1884) ; Saleadori, Cat. Birds h. M. xxvii. p. 430 (1895). 

 Somateria v-nigra, Nelson, Report Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 78 (1887) ; Mac- 



Farlane, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 422 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-L. 



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



The eggs of the Pacific Eider Duck resemble those of S. mol- 

 lissima. They measure from 2'9 to 3-2 in length, arid from 1-9 to 

 2'05 in breadth. 



4. St. Michael's, Alaska, 10th June 



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

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



Henshaw Coll.}. 

 2. Anderson River, Arctic America, 



6th July (R. MacFarlane: Smiths. 



Inst.}. 

 1 . Anderson River, 6th July (R. MacF. : 



Tristram Coll.). 

 4. Island in Franklin Bay, Arctic 



America (R. MacF.). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Genus ERIONETTA, Coues. 



Erionetta spectabilis (Linn.}. 



Anas spectabilis, Thien. Fortpflanz. qes. VOQ. tab. Ixxviii. fig. 2, a-c 

 (1845-54). 



Somateria spectabilis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voq. tab. 8. fig. 2 (1855-63) ; 

 Heivitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 417, pi. cxv. figs, i, ii (1856) ; 

 Feilden,Ibis, 1877, p. 412; id. in Nares's Narr. Voy. Polar Sea, ii. p. 216 

 (1878); Drc.sser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 643 (1877); Baird, Brewer $ 

 Ridgio. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 83 (1884) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 

 iii. p. 621, pi. 59 (1885) ; MacFarlane, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 

 p. 422 (1891); Salvador!-, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 432 (1895); 

 Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 54, pi. 9. fig. 1 (1896). 



Erionetta spectabilis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 226 (1899). 



The eggs of the King-Eider are smaller than those of S. mollissima, 



