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mon eider. The feet of both sexes are brownish yellow. A specimen 
of this species was added to the British Museum Collection in 1851, 
which was collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Herald at “‘ Kotze- 
bue Sound.’’ From the black mark on the throat, which is in the 
form of areversed V, I have named the species Somateria V-nigra. 
(Pl. CVII.) , 
I take this opportunity of also exhibiting a beautiful drawing of 
the Lampronetta Fischert of M. Brandt (Pl. CVIII.), of which only 
one example was known to exist in collections, viz. in the Museum 
of the Academy at St. Petersburgh. Mr. Adams had the good 
fortune to obtain, not only the male, but the female, during the 
voyage, as also the young male in change which is exhibited in 
the smaller drawing. As the male has been well described and 
figured by M. Brandt*, it is unnecessary for me to repeat it ; but as 
the female was unknown at that period, I will therefore point out the 
chief differences which it exhibits from its allied species. In general 
appearances it bears a great similarity to the female of Somateria 
spectabilis, but may be at once distinguished by the base of the 
culmen being feathered to beyond the nostrils and the space round 
each eye being paler than the rest of the head and speckled with 
minute spots of black; this space being the position of the white 
velvety spot round the eyes of the adult male. 
M. Brandt’s specimen of the male was obtained from Norton 
Sound on the coast of Russian America, and I believe the pair now in 
the British Museum’s Collection was from the same locality. 
I may observe that Mr. Adams had called the species, from the 
rich blue colour of the eyes, “ Blue-eyed Eider Duck.” 
As M. Brandt’s subgeneric name of Lampronetta is so near 
Lampronessa of Wagler, it may be thought advisable to change it 
to Arctonetta. 
2. Note on THE GeNus LeGrRiocincLus, LEssonN, AND ITS 
synonyms. By Puitie Lutiey Scuater, M.A. ETc. 
In his last published work on natural history, entitled ‘ Description 
des Mammiféres et Oiseaux,’ which is part of the series known as 
‘Complement aux ceuvres de Buffon,’ M. Lesson has elevated to 
generic rank by the name of Legriocinelus, a bird previously described 
in the ‘ Annales des Sciences Naturelles’ (ix. p. 168, anno 1838) as 
Petrodroma mexicana. While lately in Paris I was favoured by 
Prince Charles Bonaparte with a sight of several volumes of very 
beautiful coloured drawings of birds and other animals of which 
M. Lesson in his lifetime had published descriptions only. M. Lesson’s 
descriptions, as is well known, are so short and often so inaccurate as 
to render identification of the originals almost impossible, and these 
drawings are therefore very valuable, and, as they are to be disposed 
of, will, it is to be hoped, pass into the possession of some public 
institution, where access to them may alwaysbe had. Among them 
* Mém. del’Acad. Imp. Sci. de St. Pétersburg, 1849, p. 1. t.i. 
