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Region, rirecnlaiid, and wrst shores of ('uiiil)erliuiil (Jiilf. Female: Wiiij,', 10,75-11.00 

 ilR'hc'^< ; Iciigtii of bill, from cud of Imtial uii}{lc, 2.-15-2.85. 

 8. S. Dresseri. Siiiiiliir tu S. vwllminut, but buMuI unglu of tliu nmxiila brood (.:)8-.50 of 

 ail inch wide ut widist i)art), and tenuinatinj,' in a broad convex end. J/ab. Kustcrn 

 Norlli Anifrica, from Maine noi thwanl to Labrador ; Newfoundland, 



3. B. V-nigrum. Afale, with a large V-shaped mark of l)latk on the throat. Female : Wing, 



11.75-12.50 incv.e- ; length of bill, from tip to end of ba.-*al angle, 2.60-2.G5, Ilab, 

 Northwestern North i\merica, and portions of Eastern Siberia. 

 B« Frontal feathers reaching forward as far as the nostrils ; fiathering of the lores extending only 

 about half way to the nostrils. Male with the scapulars and tertiuls black, the top of the 

 head light grayish blue. 



4. B. Bpeotabilia. Male, with a large V-shaped mark of black on the throat, as in S. V- 

 niijriim. Female: Wing, 10.50-11.25 inches ; bill, to end of basal ongle, 1,20-1.30. 

 Uab. Circumpolur regions. 



Somateria moUissima 



COMMON EIDEB. 



jinas moUissima, Linn. S. N. cd. 10, I. 1758, 124 ; cd. 12, I. 1760, 108. 



Humatcria 7nollissiina, Hoik, I.sis, 1822, 504, et Auct. (all iiuotatious from Europe).— Tiinr.w. Proc. 



U. S. Nat. llus. Vol. 3, 1880, 204 ; Noui. N, Am. U. 1881, no, 027. — CoUES, Cht-tk List, 2d 



cd. 1882, no. 733. 

 Anas Cuthberti, Pall. Zoog. Rosso-As. II. 1826, 235, 

 Somateria St. Cuthberti, Eyt. Cut. Br. D. 1836, 58 ; Men. Annt. 1838, 149, 

 " Anser lanuginosHS, Lkacii, Cat. 1816,37" ((Iiiay). 



Platiipits borealis, IJitEHM, Lclirb. Eur. Yog. 1824, 813 (shores of I'.iiflin's Buy and Davis" Strait), 

 ? Somiitcrid thulensis, Malmo. Kongl. Vet. Ak. Ofv. 1864, 380 (.^pitzhergen). 

 So)iialeria dtniica, noricojica, platyuros, facroeensis, megait/ros, islumlieu, borealis, Lcislcri, planifions, 



BKKH.M, V. D. 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897. 



Had. Northern part of the Pala'arctic Region ; Greenland ; breeding abundantly on western 

 shores of Cumberland Gulf (L. Kumlien, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 15, 187!), p. 89.). 



Sp. Char, Adult male .- Pileuiii deep blue-black, divided medially for the posterior half by a 

 stripe of white or greenish white, and extending anteriorly along the upper edge of the lores alnio.st 

 to the limit of feathering on the latter ; upper part of the nape, and posterior part of the auricular 

 region, pale sea-green, this color sometimes extending anteriorly along the lower edge of the black 

 as far as the middle of the lores ; remainder of the head and neck, with entire back and scapulars, 

 tertials, all the wing-coverts, sides of the rump, and jugulum, white, tinged, except on head and neck 

 (most deeply on liack, scapulars, and jugulum), with yellowish cream-color ; breast pinkish cream- 

 color ; remaining lower parts, greater wing-coverts, secondories, middle of the rump (longitudi- 

 nally), and upper tail-coverts, deep black ; primaries and rectrices brownish black. Lining of the 

 wing pure white. Bill dvdl olivaceous in the skin, orange-yellow with greenish yellow nail in 

 life J iris dark brown ; legs and feet dusky grayish in skin, dusky orange in life.^ 



Adult Jemale: Prevailing color brownish buff, everywhere, except on the head, neck, abdomen, 

 remiges, rectrices, and larger wing-coverts, barred witli l)lack, the bars broadest on the upper surl'aee ; 

 head and neck streaked with blackish, the streaks finer and less distinct toward the throat, which 

 is most immaculate ; larger wing-coverts, remiges, and rectrices pLiin grayish brown, the first 

 narrowly tipped with white ; abdomen and anal region jilain, rather dark, grayish brown [No. 

 76180, Cumberland Gulf, June 6, 1878 ; L. Kumlien]. Ynung (full plumage, both sexes) : 

 Above, dusky, the feathers bordered (but not barred) with rusty brown or dull ochraceous, except 

 the greater wing-coverts, remiges, and lectrices, which are plain dusky, the first not tipped with 

 white ; head and neck dull grayish fulvous, streaked with dusky, the latter predominating on the 

 pileum ; lower parts barred with dull fulvous and dusky, the abdomen sometimes plain dusky. 



1 Fresh colors, fide L. Emnlicn, MS. 



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