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gulf, June, 1896. (Spreadborough.) Casual on the Ottawa river. 

 Mr. G. R. White, on November 7th, 1889, shot a young male of this 

 species on the Ottawa river, after a strong easterly gale, near the 

 city. Mr. J. H. Fleming, of Toronto, doubts the occurrence of this 

 bird at Toronto. All specimens seen by him were king eiders. 



Breeding Notes.- — Mr. Fraser found the eider duck breeding on 

 the small islands along the coast of Labrador. The nest was built 

 in a hollow among soft, short grass, or at the foot of a rock where 

 it was sheltered from the wind. It was composed of grass, and lined 

 with slate-coloured down from the breast of the bird. (Mcllwraith.) 

 Breeding on rocky islands in Richmond gulf, Hudson bay. Nest 

 composed of weeds and grass, lined with down from the bird's breast. 

 (Spreadborough.) Breeds abundantly along the Labrador coast. 

 Sets of eggs in my collection were taken July 9th, 1896, in Ungava 

 bay. (Raine.) Breeds in great numbers on sandy islands off the 

 mouth of George river, James bay. (/. M. Macoun.) 



161. Pacific Eider. 



Somateria v^nigra. Gray. 1855. 



Murray recorded this species from Severn House, Hudson bay. 

 (Preble.) A male specimen of this species was shot by the writer at 

 Fort Resolution on Great Slave lake in 1858, and a female was 

 obtained by Mr. Alexander Mackenzie in 1861 at the same place. 

 (Ross.) This interesting bird breeds in immense numbers on the 

 shores of Franklin bay; it is also very abundant on the coast and 

 islands of Liverpool bay. (Macfarlane.) This species is quite com- 

 mon at Point Barrow during the migrations, but does not breed 

 there, going farther to the eastward. (Murdoch.) Along the coast 

 of the North Pacific, both shores of the Aleutian islands, and all the 

 islands of Bering sea and the coast of the adjoining Arctic ocean 

 to the northern limit of the mainland, is the broad area over which 

 the breeding range of this bird extends. (Nelson.) This bird is to 

 be found in all parts of Alaska that have come under my observa- 

 tion. (Turner.) Six adult females and one adult male were taken 

 by Anderson at Seldovia, Kenai peninsula, Alaska, and one adult 

 female opposite Homer. One set of four and one of five eggs were 

 taken on Bird island, Seldovia. (Chapman.) 



Breeding Notes. — At St. Michael this species breeds in con- 

 siderable numbers, and there prefers the open tundra for a nesting 



