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[631.] ]JIeianetta ftisca (Linn,). Velvet Scoter. PalaBarctic 

 region; accidental in Greenland. 



632. Melanetta velvet ina"(Oass.). American Velvet Scoter. 



[601.J Coasts and larger inland waters of Northern 

 North America; south in winter to Chesapeake Bay, 

 the Great Lakes, and Southern California. 

 a. No. 46254. $ ad. Sitka, Alaska; F. Bischoff. 



633. Pelionetta pei'sgsieitlata (Linn.). Surf Duck. [002, 003.] 



Northern North America; south in winter to Jamaica, 

 Ohio River, and Lower California. (Chiefly littoral.) 



a. No. 84744. $ ad. Santa Cruz Island, California, March, 1878 ; W. 



A. Cooper. 



b. No. 46261. 2 ad. Sitka, Alaska; F. Bischoff. 



634. Erismatura rubida (Wils.). Ruddy Duck. [009.] Tem- 



perate North America; south in winter to New 

 Granada and West Indies. 



a. No. S4746. $ ad. Neosho Falls, Kansas, summer, 1872 ; G. Turner. 



b. No. 59929. 9 ad. Fort Tejon, California; J. Xautus. 



635. IVoinoiiyx dominicus (Linn.). Black Masked Duck. 



[010.] Tropical America; accidental in Eastern 

 United States (Lake Champlain, New York, and 

 Lake Koshkonong, Wisconsin). 



a. No. 58818. <? ad. Tepic, Mexico; Col. A. J. Grayson. 



b. No. 50865. 9 ad. Tepic, Mexico; Col. A. J. Grayson. 



636. IHergus merganser americanns (Cass.). American 



Sheldrake. [Oil.] Whole of North America, breed- 

 ing south to northern border of United States. 



a. No. 84747. $ ad. Riverdale, Illinois, April, 1875; E. W. Nelson. 



b. No. 84748. 9 ad. Riverdale, Illinois, March, 1875; E. W. Nelson. 



637. Hergns generator Linn. Red-breasted Sheldrake. [61i\] 



Northern hemisphere, breeding in cold temperate 

 and subarctic districts. 



a. No. 988<J. $ ad. San Francisco, California; Dr. A. D. Heermann. 



b. No. 84749. 9 ad. Cambridge, Massachusetts; W. Brews! er. 



638. IiOphodytes cueiillatus (Linn.). Hooded Sheldrake. 



[013.] Whole of North America, south to Mexico 

 and Cuba; north to Alaska, and, accidentally, Green- 

 land; Bermudas; casual in Europe. (Breeds nearly 

 throughout its range.) 

 &. No. 1306. 2 ad. Carlisle, Pennsylvania, March 21, 1844 ; Prof. S. F. 

 Baird. 



