MERGANSER. 



197 



largest example measures 2-62 by 1*82, and the smallest 2-12 

 by 1-5. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



10. North America (Smiths. Inst.) 

 1. Umbagog, Maine, U.S.A. (Henshaw 

 Coll.). 



Merganser serrator (Linn.). 



Mergus serrator, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixxxi. fig. 8 (1845-54) ; 



Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 437, pi. cxix. fig. ii (1856) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 693 (1874>; Hume fy Marshall, Game 



Birds Ind. iii. p. 305 ; Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. 



ii. p. 116 (1884); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 629, pi. 67 (1885) ; 



id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 56, pi. 16. fig. 2 (1896). 

 Merganser serrator, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 48. fig. 3 (1855-63) j 



Nelson, Report Nat: Hist. Alaska, p. 66 (1887) ; Salvadori, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 479 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 229 (1899). 



The majority of the eggs of the Red-breasted Merganser are of a 

 narrow, pointed oval shape and a few are elliptical. They are 

 smooth and glossy, and vary in colour from brownish cream to drab. 

 They measure from 2'4 to 2-82 in length, and from 1/6 to 1-85 in 

 breadth. 



5. 



St. Michael's, Alaska, 5th June 



(H.nshaw Coll.). 

 Greenland, June (E. Feneker : Har- 



gitt Coll.). 



Iceland, 17th June (Nielson). 

 Faroe Islands, 6th June (H. C. 



Miiller). 



Stromness, Orkneys (R. Dunn). 

 Loch Maddy, N. Uist, 5th June 



(E. V. Seebohm). 



Dun vegan, Skye, 12th June (E. V. S.). 

 Dunvegnn, 20th June (E. V. S.). 

 Bodo, Norway, 17th June ( P. God- 



man). 

 Kistrand, Norway, 19th June 



(H. Seebohm). 



2. Muonisalusta, Lapland, 12th June. 

 Oiasen-saari, Lapland, 20th July 



(J. Wolley). 

 Lapland. 



Denmark, 6th June (T. Holland). 

 Oland, Denmark, 26th June (Meves). 

 Archangel (Piottuch). 

 Kola Peninsula, N. Russia, 30th June 



(Lieut. E. H. Sandeberg). 



4. 



12. 



6. 



1. 



4. 



8. 

 7. 

 2. 



4. 



2. 



8. 



9. 



9. 



10. 



7. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



