190 



ANATID^!. 



Labrador. 



River St. Croix, New Brunswick, 



14th May (G. A. Boardman : 



Hargitt Coll.}. 

 River St. Croix, 15th June (G. A. B. : 



Hargitt Coll.).^ 

 River St. Croix, 15th June. 

 Iowa, U.S.A. (H. Buckley}. 

 Maine, U.S.A. (Smiths. Inst.). 

 Illinois, U.S.A., 14th May. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Genus MERGANSER, Briss. 



Merganser merganser (Linn.}. 



Mergus merganser, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixxxi. fig. 9 ( 1845- 

 54) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 439, pi. cxix. fig. iii 

 (1856) ; Dresser, Birds 'jEur. vi. p. 685 (1875) ; Seebohm, Brit, Birds, 

 iii. p. 625, pi. 67 (1885) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 55, pi. 15. fig. 6 

 (1896). 



Merganser castor, Baedeker, Eier JEur. Vog. tab. 48. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 472 (1895). 



Merganser merganser, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 229 (1899). 



The eggs of the Goosander are mostly biconical in form, some- 

 times oval or elliptical, smooth, rather glossy, and of a dark cream- 

 colour. They measure from 2*5 to 2-85 in length, and from 1*7 to 

 1-88 in breadth. 



1. Iceland (W. Proctor). 

 1. Loch Awe, Scotland, 25th May (E. 

 Milner: Hargitt Coll.). 



1. Finland (J. Wolley). 



2. Finland, 7th June. 



1. Kyro, Finland, 4th June (J. W.}. 



1. Uleaborg, Finland (H. E. Dresser}. 

 8. Sandhammer, Sweden, 14th April. 



2. Wermland, Sweden (H. W. Wheel- 



wright). 



8. Mark Brandenburg, 3rd July (T. 

 Holland). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Merganser americanus, Cass. 



Mergus merganser americanus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridqw. Water Birds 



N. Am. ii. p. 112 (1884). 

 Merganser americanus, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 477 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 229 (1899). 



The eggs of the American Goosander are either oval or elliptical 

 in shape, smooth, and fairly glossy. They appear to be extremely 

 variable in size and colour. Specimens in the Collection are cream- 

 colour, pale greyish green, or pale brownish buff. They measure 

 from 2-12 to 2'62 in length, and from 1-5 to 1-82 in breadth.,. The 



