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not obtained on Franklin's Expedition." An adult male, perhaps from 

 Hudson Bay, was presented to the British Museum by the Hudson's 

 Bay Company about the year 1835;* and it is likely that a specimen 

 to which no definite locality is assigned that is recorded in the British 

 Museum Catalogue is this same bird. 



Somateria moUissima borealis (C. L. Brehm). Northern Eider. 



This species was ol^tained on Parry's second voyage at Winter 

 Island, being recorded as moUisslma;" and Blakiston, writmg of S. 

 moUhmna, speaks of having received sp(icimens from Hudson Bay."^ 

 A specimen collected bj' Dr. Rae at Repulse Bay is recorded in the 

 British Museum Catalogue. 



Somateria dresseri Sharpe. American Eider. 



First seen in small numbers about 50 miles north of York Factory 

 July 19, and rather common from there northward. Flocks of a 

 hundred or more were often seen north of Fort Churchill, and a female 

 with young two or three weeks old was observed August 3, 50 miles 

 south of Cape Eskimo. The species is said to breed in large numbers 

 on certain rocky islands north 'of Fort Churchill. Quantities of the 

 eggs are gathered by Indians and Eskimos in late April and early 

 May, and brought to Fort Churchill, where they are packed in salt for 

 later consumption. The bird is called by the Indians 'Husky' (i. e., 

 Eskimo) duck. 



Two specimens, collected by Dr. Bell at Fort Churchill, are recorded 

 by Macoun." 



Somateria v-nigra Graj^. Pacific Eider. 



]Murray recorded this species from Severn House.-'' As the sisecies 

 occurs on Great Slave Lake, it should be occasionally found in 

 Keewatin. 



Somateria spectabilis (Linn.). King Eider. 



Edwards figures this species from Hudson Bay, calling it the ' Gray- 

 Headed Duck.'!'' Linnaeus cites Edwards's figure in his description of 

 spectabilis, but does not base his description exclusivelj'' on it. It was 

 recorded by Blakiston, who speaks of having seen specimens from 

 Hudson Bay,* and by Richardson, who states that it was observed in 

 numbers about Melville Peninsula on Parry's second voyage.* A 



« Franklin's Narrative of a Journey to the Polar Sea, Appendix, p. 698, 1823. 



6 See Dutcher, Auk, VIII, p. 203, 1891. 



^Appendix to Parry's Second Voyage, p. 370, 1825 (1827). 



''Ibis, V, p. 150, 1863. 



« Catalogue Canadian Birds, Part I, p. 105, 1900. 



/Edin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p. 229, 1859. 



s^Nat. Hist., Ill, pi. 154, 1750. 



''Ibis, V, p. 150, 1863. 



2 Appendix to Parry's Second Voyage, p. 373, 1825 (1827). 



