218 Contributions from the Charleston Museum. 



and St. Catherine's Island, December 3, 1904. These birds had 

 to pass along the coast of South Carolina in order to reach Georgia. 

 The King Eider breeds in the Arctic regions. 



10. Oidemia deglandi Bonap. White-winged Scoter; 

 Velvet Duck. 



The White-winged Scoter is another species which I have not 

 met in South Carolina. 



Audubon says in Birds of America: 1 



The Velvet Duck arrives from the north along the shores of the Middle States 

 about the first of September, and extends to a greater or less distance southward, 

 according to the state of the weather, often proceeding as far as Georgia. 



The only direct quotation I can find for the state is by Dr. 

 Elliott Coues. 2 Among the enormous flocks of Surf Ducks 

 (Oidemia perspicillata) that used to winter in Charleston harbor 

 years ago, I never detected deglandi, but it has been taken in 

 Florida. 



The White-winged Scoter breeds abundantly in Labrador. 



11. Branta bernicla glaucogastra (Brehm). White-bellied 

 Brant. 



In Dr. Coues' list,* this species is mentioned as occurring in 

 winter, and in Distribution and Migration of North American 

 Ducks, Geese, and Swans, Prof. Wells W. Cooke says: 4 



It is common during the winter along the Atlantic coast from Florida to New 

 Jersey. 



Audubon, in his Birds of America 5 says: 



This species has never been seen by my friend Dr. Bachman in South Caro- 

 lina. 



Like Dr. Bachman, I have never observed one of these birds on 

 any part of the coast of the State. Dr. Coues' record was evi- 

 dently based on presumptive rather than positive evidence, and 

 Prof. Cooke's statement requires confirmation. 



This form winters abundantly off the northern coast of North 

 Carolina, and breeds in the extreme northern portions of North 

 America, such as Cape Sabine, Ellesmere Land, while Col. H. W. 

 Feilden found it breeding as far north as latitude 82° 33' in Grin- 

 nell Land. 



» VI, 332. "Proc. Boat. Soc. Nat. Hist.XlI, 1868, 125. 



» lbid,1868, 124. « U. S. Dept. Agriculture, Biol. Survey, Bull. No. 26, 



1906, 80. s VI, 203. 



