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head and protuberant nase] disc. The female much resembles that 
of S. mollissima or S. Dresseri, but is smaller and more ruddy, and 
the sides of the bill are not feathered up to the nostrils, while the 
central nasal ridge extends as far as the nasal openings. Identified 
eggs of the king duck are scarce. 
+Wild Duck (Anas boschas). “ Kertlutok.”—Breeds in both 
Tnspectorates, and is not rare. 
Pintail (Anas acuta). “ Kertlutorpiarsuk.”—Of accidental 
but not very rare occurrence. 
Teal (Anas crecea). “ Kertlutorpiarsuk.”’—A few examples 
have been killed at different places among the Danish settle- 
ments. 
American Teal (Anas carolinensis).— Four specimens are 
known to have been obtained in South Greenland prior to 
1860. 
Wigeon (Anas Penelope).—A young drake sent by Holboll 
in 1851. Prof. Reinhardt has seen two others also killed in 
South Greenland. 
* Brent Goose (Bernicla brenta). ‘ Nerdlek.’”—Said not to breed 
in Greenland lower than lat. 70° N., but does so in great numbers 
in the Polar Seca. Is the smallest species of goose found in the 
Arctic Regions, and easily distinguished by its black head and 
neck, each side of the latter having only a small semilunar patch 
of white. In the form called B. nigricans, which, though most 
common on the Pacific coast of North America, also occurs on the 
Atlantic, the black of the throat extends lower down and over part 
of the breast, and the white patches of the neck almost or quite 
meet in front. 
Bernacle Goose (Bernicla leucopsis).—A regular autumnal visitor 
at Julianehaab, and may perhaps breed in Greenland. Recorded 
also by Graah from the East Coast. The breeding of this species 
in a wild state seems only to have been observed by Dr. von Mid- 
dendorff in Siberia, though eggs laid by tame birds are common 
enough. Two or more forms intermediate between this and the 
next species have been described. It may possibly happen that 
the bernacle goose of the New World hitherto attributed to 
B. leucopsis is distinct. 
Canada Goose (Bernicla canadensis?).—A specimen, sup- 
posed to be from Greenland, in the Museum of Copenhagen, 
has been doubtfully assigned to this species, which is perhaps 
