SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS, KING EIDER. 581 



Somateria molUssima,B-p., List, 1838, 57.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 809.— Rein., Ibis, iii, 14.— 

 COTTBS, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1861, 239.— Buv., Pr. Bost. Soo, viii, 1861, 66.-B()AM>ti,, 

 Pr. Bost. Soc. ix, 1862, 139.— Veru., Pr. Ess. Inst, iii, 1862, 1.09.-00111'-..^, ihid. 

 V, 1868, 200.— Blak., Ibis, 1863, 150.— Lawe., Ann. Lyo. N. Y. viii, 1866, -Jd; .— 

 TuKNB., B. E. Pa. 1869, 46 (New Jersey).— Coues, Key, 1872, 293. 



Somateria dresseri, Shaepe, Ann. Mag. N. H. July, 1871, p. — , tigs. 1,2. 

 JSab. — Atlantic and Arctic coasts. 



SoMATBRiA v-NiGRA, Gray. 



Somatenn v-nigra, Gray, P. Z. S. 1855, 212, pi. 107.— Bp., Comptes Rend. 1856, 650.— Bd., 

 B. N. A. 1858, 810.- MUR., Edinb. N. Piiil. Jouru. 1859, 229.— Ross, Canadian 

 Nat. Apr. 1862.— Blak., Ibis, 1863, 150.— Elliot, B. N, A. pi. 48.— Dall & Bans., 

 Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 300.— Coues, Key, 1872, 293. 

 Sab. — Northwest coast. Great Slave Lake. 



Somateria spectabilis, (Linn.) Boie. 



Anas speciabilis, Linn., Fn. Suec. 39 ; Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 195. — Gji., Svst. Nat. i, 1788, 

 507.— Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 845.— Pall., Zoog. R.-A. ii, 1811, 236.— Vikill., 

 Ency. Meth. i, 1823, 125.— Temm., Man. ii, 1835, 851 ; iv, 1840, 541.— Naom., V. 

 D. xii, 1844, 285, pi, 322, f. 1 ; pi. 323.— Schl., Rev. Crit. Ois. Eur. 1844, 115.— 

 SwiNH., P. Z. S. 1863, 324 (China). 



Somateria spectabilis, Boie, Isia, 1822, 564; 1826, 980. — Steph., Gen. Zool. xii, i)t. ii, 1824, 

 229.— Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 447.— Jen., Man. 1835, 238.— Sw., Classif. 

 B. ii, 1837, 368.— Eyt., Mon. Anat. 1838, 148.— Bp., List, 1838, 57 ; Compt. Rend. 

 1856.— Keys. & Blas., Wirb. Eur. 1840, 8S.— Macgil., Man. ii, 1842, 178.— 

 Gray, List B. Br. Mus. 1844, 141 ; Gen. of B. iii, 1849, 624 ; List Br. B. 1863, 

 206.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 810.— Reinh., Ibis, iii, 1861, 14.— Verr., Pr. Ess. Inst, 

 iii, 1862, 159.— BOARDM., Pr. Bost. Soc. ix, 1862, 140.— Blak., Ibis, 1863, 150.— 

 Newt., Ibis, 1865, 516 (Spitzbergen).— Degl.-Gerbe, Orn. Eur. ii, 1867, 557. — 

 Codes, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1868, 201.— Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii, 1866, 298.— 

 D.UX & Bann., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 301.— Turnb., B. E. Pa. 1869, 46 (New 

 Jersey, in severe winters). — Wheat., Ohio Agric. Rep. 1860, No. 259 (Lake 

 Erie!)— Harting, P. Z. S. 1871, 118 (figs, of heads).— Coues, Key, 1872, 293. 



Platypus spectabilis, Brbhm, Eur. Vog. 1823, 809. 



Fuligula {Somateria) spectabilis, Bp., Syn. 1»28, 389. — NuiT., Man. ii, 1834, 414.^Braisidt, 

 Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. vi, 1849, 5. 



FuliguU spectabilis, AuD., Orn. Biog. iii, 1835, 523, pi. 276 ; Syn. 1839, 291 ; B. Am. vi, 

 1843, 347, pi. 404.— Selys-L., Fn. Belg. i, 1842, 143.— DeKay, N. Y. Zool. 1844, 

 334.— GiR., B. L. I. 1844, 333.— ScHL., Mus. P.-B. viii, 1865, 13.— Degl., Orn. 

 Enr. ii, 1849, 466. 

 Hab. — Northern North America and Europe. Chiefly coastwise. South to New Jer- 

 sey. In the interior to Lake Erie. 



(EDBMIA AMERICANA, ( Wils.) Sw. 



Anas nigra, WlLS., Am. Orn. viii, 1814, 135, pi. 72 (not of Linnwus). 



Anas (Fuligula) nigra,Bp., Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 267. 



Fuligula (Oidemiia) nigra,Bp., Syn. 1828, 390. 



QSdemia TO(/»-ovar. americaxa, Ridgw., Ann. Lye. N. Y. x, 1874, 390 (Lake Michigan). 



Oidemia americana, Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 450 — Bp., List, 1838, 53 ; Compt. Reud. 

 Sept. 18.56, 650.— Gray, List B. Br. Mus. 1844, 140 ; Gen. of B. iii, 1849, 625.— 

 Nbwb., p. R. R. Rep. vi, 1857, 104.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 807.— MuE., Edinb. 

 N. Phil. Journ. 1859, 231.— Coop. & Suck., N. H. Wash. Ter. 1860, 263.— Verr., 

 Pr. Ess. Inst, iii, 1»62, 159.— Blak., Ibis, 1863, 149.—? Swinh., P. Z. S. 1863, 

 324.— Codes, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1868, 201 ; Pr. Bost. Soc. xii, 1868, 125 ; Pr. Phila. 

 Acad. 1871, 27.— Tdenb. B. E. Pa. 1869, 37.— Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. \iii, 1866, 

 297.— Brown, Ibis, 1868, 426.— Finsch, Abh. Nat. iii, 1872,68.— Codes, Key, 293. 



Fuligula (Oidemia) americana, Ndtt., Man. ii, 1834, 422. 



Melanitta americana, Eyt., Mon. Anat. 1838, 144. 



Fuligula americana, AvD., Orn. Biog. v, 1839, 117, pi. 408; Syn. 1839, 290; B. Am. vi, 

 1843, 343, pi. 403.— DeKay, N. Y. Zool. ii, 1844, 336.— GiR., B. L. I. 1844, 330.— 

 Schl., Mus. P.-B. viii, 1865, 19. 

 Hab. — North America, both coasts, and larger inland waters. 



(Edbmia fdsca, (var?). 

 a.(?) fusca. 



Anasfuaca,ljwef., En. Suec. 39 ; Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 196.— Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 507.— 

 Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 848.— Temm., Man. 1815, 552.— Schl., Rev. Crit. 1844, 

 117.— Naum., V. D. xii, 1844, 123, pi. 313. 



Melanitta fusca, Boie, Isis, 1822, 564.— Brehm, V. D. 905. 



