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52. Mergus serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. <'Pajk," 



''NyaUksak." 



53. Clangula islandica. Barrow's [Goldeneye. " Kaertlutor- 



piarsuk," more properly " Niakortok." 

 Breeds in South Greenland only, and apparently not further 

 north than Godthaab. 



(5-4.) Clangula albeola. Buffel-headed Duck. 



One obtained at Godthaab about the year 1830. 



54. HiSTRiONicus TOKQUATUS. Harlequin-Duck. "Tornauiar- 



suk." 

 Observed on the East Coast : most common between lat. 62" and 

 66° N., rarer to the northward. The male of this species, from 

 its singularly marked plumage, cannot be confounded with any 

 other species ; the female is known by its dusky head and the 

 white spot on either side. 



55. Harelda glacialis. Long-tailed Duck. " Aglek." 

 Common on the whole coast, and breeds also on the Parry Islands 



and on the land westward of Davis Strait. The long tail of the 

 male sufficiently distinguishes it from that of any other Duck ; 

 the female has a white or dirty -white head with dusky spots. 



(55.) Fuligula marila. Scaup-Duck. 



Dr. Walker, of the *' Fox," R.Y.S., obtained one at God- 

 havn, in August 1857. Three specimens were sent from 

 Nenortalik in 1859.* 



(56.) Fuligula ajffinis. American Scaup-Duck. 



A pair was shot in June on Innusulik, an islet some ten 

 miles from Egedesminde, It may possibly breed in 

 Greenland. 



56. (Edemia perspicillata. Surf- Scoter. 



A few specimens have been obtained from the Danish settle- 

 ments. It was observed by Graah on the East Coast. 



57. Somateria moUissima (?). Eider. J "Amaulik," ? 



'' Arnauiak," " Mittek." 

 Common along all the coasts, northern limit unknown. In the 

 Eider of the New World {S. dresseri), regarded by Mr. Sharpe as 

 distinct from that of the Old, the bill is more gibbous, and the 

 bare space behind the nostril more extended than in the European 

 bird. The Eider of Davis Strait, and thence northward, will pro- 

 bably be found to belong to the American form, but the Eider of 

 the east coast of Greenland is very likely to be the Em'opean. The 

 Eider of Spitsbergen has also been separated from S. moUissima 

 by Dr. Malmgren under the name of S. thulensis, but the asserted 

 difference between them, if it can be maintained at all, is but 



* The Tufted Duck, Fuligula cristata, is said to have been obtained, at 

 Godhavn, by Dr. Walker, but this was probably a mistake. 



