CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. IO5 



and on the East Main coast of Hudson Bay. {Dr. R. Bell.) Com- 

 mon from a short distance north of Moose Factory to Richmond 

 Gulf, June, 1896. (Spreadborough.) Casual on the Ottawa River. 

 Mr. G. R. White, on November 7th, 1889, after a strong easterly 

 gale, shot a young male of this species on the Ottawa River, near 

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

 of this bird at Toronto. All specimens seen by him are 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.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Two specimens, both procured by Dr. R. Bell, at Fort Churchill, 

 Hudson Bay. 



There are 25 eggs of this species in our collection. Two sets 

 were taken in James Bay, June i6th, 1896, by Mr. W. Spread- 

 borough ; four other sets were taken at the mouth of Whale River, 

 Ungava Bay, on the same date, by Mr. G. Boucher. 



161 Pacific Eider. 



Somateria v-nigra Gray. 1855. 



Along the coast of the North Pacific, both shores of the Aleu- 

 tian Islands, and all the islands of Behring 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. {Nelso7t.) This bird is to be found in all parts of Alaska 

 that have come under my observation. {Turner.) 



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 



