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CHECK LIST OF NOJi'fU AMEltlCAN DUiLS. 



731. Somateria stelleri (Pall.) Jard. D698. ecu. R(J28. 



Stoller*B Duck, 



732. Somateria flscheri (Brandt) Coues. H 5!)'j. c oia. u mo. 



Spcctucloil Kidor. 



733. Somateria moUissima (L.) Hoi«. u— . c— . u«27. 



Killer Duck. 



734. Somateria mollissima dresseri (Sliari)c) Coues. D coo. c 613. r C27a. 



Aiiioricun Uidcr Duck. 



735. Somateria v-nigra (iniy. n oo7. C5i4. u 028. 



lIlMck-tliruutcd ICidcr. 



736. Somateria spectabilis (L.) Bole. B cos. c 615. R 029. 



King Elder. 



737. CEdemia americana Sw. b co4. c 510. u cso. 



American Ulack Scoter. 



738. CEdemia fusca (L.) Flcm. n coi. c 617. R C3i. 



Velvet Scoter; Wbite-wlngcd Scoter. 



739. CEdemia perspioillata (L.) Flcm. b G02. c sis. R 033. 



Surf Duck. 



731. S6-m5t-6'-rI-a stgl'-lSr-i. f!r. crSina, Rcnitive adixaroi, the body, ami tpiov, wool, down; 



Willi rfft'iviui- ti) the famous " eiilcr-down "produced by species of this genus. — To 

 G. \\. Slcllcr, the siir;;'i()ii mid niUuniiist of Ikdiring's second voyuKc, 17-11—12. 



732. S. fisch'-er-i. To Ootth. Fischer von Wiildhoiin, a RiLssinn naturalist. 



733. S. mol-lis'-sI-m5. I.at. mollissima, superlative de(;rec of mollis, soft ; this a contraction 



for movilis, mobile, moveable, from mocio, I move. The reference is of course to tho 

 downy plumatje. 



See ne.\t species. Since tho American bird has been distinguished from the Kuro- 

 pean, the latter has been said to be also found in North America, (m the west si<le of 

 Cumberland (Julf. See Ridf?., Pr. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, p. 2-J2. This requires us to 

 restore the name S. mollissimu, but it is No. ".'34 that equals No. 013 of the orig. ed. 



734. S. m. dr6s-s6r-i. To Henry K. Dresser, of London, author of the " Birds of Kurope," &c. 



This is the -S'. mollissima of writers on American birds and of the orig. ed. of tht 

 Check List. See Sliarpe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1871, p. 51. See last species. 



735. S. v-nlg'-ra. Thi^ is a queer way of saying that tho bird has a black v-shaped mark on 



the throat — " difjammated," indeed! 



736. S. spec-ta'-bl-lls. Lat. spectabilis, that may bo seen, hence, worth seeing, a spectacle ; 



sprcio, spiciu, specio, I look at ; whence a thousand derivatives. 



737. Oe-de'-m!-S 5tn-6r-I-ca'-n5. Gr. olSrifia, Lat. adcma, a swelling, tumefaction; olSdu, I 



swell ; referring to the hunipincss or gibbosity of the bill. 



738. O. fus'-cS. Lat. /iKCHs, fuscous, dark ; not well applied to this black bird. 



739. O. pSr-spIc-il-la'-ta. Irregularly formed from prrspirin; equivalent to perspiciliilis, con- 



tr.actod to prrspirills, and then given a ])iirticipial termination, as if from a verb /)<•;•- 

 spiallo; meaning perspicuous, that may be clearly seen, hence conspicuous, spectacular; 

 tee Somateria, No. 7-")0. 



