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c. Leadenhall market. Male. From Mr. J. Baker's Collection. 



d. Leadenhall market. Young female. From Mr. J. Baker's 

 CoUeetion. 



e. Trachea. England. 



2. OiDBMiA NiGEA. The Common Scoter. 



Anas nigra, Linn. S. N. i. p. 196 ; Temm. Man. d'Orn. (1815) 



p. 554 ; Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. Sf Birds in B. M. p. 39 ; 



Nairn. Tog. Deutschl. (1844) xii. p. 108, t. 312; Schleg. Bev. 



Crit. des Ois. d'Eur. p. 118. 

 Anas atra. Pall. Zoogr. ii. p. 247. 

 Anas cinerascens, Beehst. Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 1025 ; Temm. 



Man. d'Orn. (1815) p. 556. 

 Anas cinerea, S. G. Chnel. Beise, ii. p. 184. 

 Oidemia nigra, Flem. Phil. ofZool. ii. p. 260 ; Steph. Gen. Zool. 



xii. p. 213, pi. 59 ; Flem. Brit. An. p. 119 ; Jenyns, Man. 



Brit. Vert. An. p. 239; Pr. Bonap. Geogr. Comp. List of B. 



p. 38 ; Eyton, Gat. Brit. B. p. 58 ; Keys. ^ Bl. Wirbelth. Eur. 



p. 86 ; Macgill. Man. W. H. Orn. ii. p. 181; G. B. Gray, Gen. 



ofB. iii. p. 625. 

 Melanitta nigra, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 564 ; Brehm, Vdg. Deutschl. 



p. 903. 

 Melanitta nigripes, Brehm, Vdg. Deutschl. p. 901. 

 Melanitta megauros, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 902. 

 Melanitta gibbera, Brehm, Vdg. DeutscM. p. 902. 

 Oidemia leucocephala, Flem. Brit. An. p. 119; Jenyns, Man. 



Brit. Vert. Ati. p. 240. 

 Scoter, Mont. Orn. Diet. ; Bew. Brit. B. (1804) ii. p. 324, fig. ; 



Penn. Brit. Zool. (1812) ii. p. 248. 

 Black Scoter, Selhy, Brit. Orn. ii. p. 329. 

 Common Scoter, Yarr. Brit. B. ed. 2. iii. p. 317, fig. ; id. ed. 3. 



iii. p. 319, fig. 

 White-necked Duck, Penn. Brit. Zool. 



PI. Ed. 978; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 378. 



a, b. Somersetshire. From Col. Montagu's Collection. 



c. Somersetshire. Presented by the Hon. W. E. Fitzmaiirice. 



d. Wales. Presented by the Earl of Cawdor. 



e. London market. From Mr. J. Baker's CoUeotion. 

 /. Trachea. England. 



g. Sternum. England. Presented by John Ray, Esq. 



3. Oidemia pekspicihata. The Surf Scoter. 



Anas perspicillata, Linn. S. N. i. p. 201 ; Temm. Man. d'Orn. 



(1820) ii. p. 853 ; Mum. Vdg. Deutschl. (1844) xii. p. 140, 



t. 314; ScMeg. Bev. Crit. des Ois. d'Eur. p. 117. 

 Oidemia perspicillata, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. p. 219 ; Flem. Brit. 



An. p. 119 ; Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. An. p. 240 ; Eyton, Cat. 



Brit. B. p. 59 ; Pr. Bonap. Geogr. Comp. List of B. p. 376 ; 



