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slight. In Western Arctic America occurs a very good species, 

 the aS*. v-niyrum, larger than S. mollissima or ♦S'. dresseri, and 

 the male having a black chevron under the chin, as in that of the 

 following. 



58. Soxnateria spectabilis. King-Duck. " Siorakitsok," 



^ "Kingalik," o " Kaiortok," " Arnauiartak." 

 Said not to breed further south than lat. 67° N., but in 

 some numbers at lat. 73°. Also on the East Coast of Greenland 

 and on the western shores of Davis Strait. Breeds abundantly on 

 the Parry Islands. The male easily distinguished from other 

 species of the genus by its grey head and protuberant nasal disc. 

 The female much resembles that of S. mollissbna 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. 



59. Anas boschas. Wild Duck. " Ksertlutok." 

 Breeds in both Inspectorates, and is not rare. 



(57.) Anas acuta. Pintail. " Kajrtlutorpiarsuk." 

 Of accidental but not very rare occurrence. 



(55*.) Anas crccca. Teal. " Kaertlutorpiarsuk." 



A few examples have been killed at different places among 

 the Danish settlements. 



(5p.) A^ias cai^olinensis. American Teal. 



Four specimens are known to have been obtained in South 

 Greenland prior to 1860. 



(60.) Anas penelopc. Widgeon. 



A young drake sent by Holboll in 1851. Prof. Eeinhardt 

 has seen two others also killed in South Greenland. 



60. Bernicla brenta. Brent-Goose. " Nerdlek." 



Said not to breed in Greenland lower than lat. 70° N., but does 

 so in great numbers in the Polar Sea. 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. 



61. Bernicla leucopsis. Bernacle-Goose. 



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 Middendorff in Siberia, though eggs 

 laid by tame birds are common enough. Two or more forms 

 intermediate between this and the next species have been de- 



