SYSTEMATIC LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



STATUS 



Four or five, England 



Genus HISTRIONICUS Lesson 

 318. Histrionicus histrionicus histrionicus (L. 

 The Harlequin- Duck. 



Genus POLYSTICTA Eyton 

 319. Poly sticta stelleri (Pall.) 

 Steller's Eider. 



Two, England 



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345 

 346 



352 

 352 



Genus SOMATERIA Leach 

 320. Somateria mollissima mollissima (L.) 

 The Common Eider. 



321. Somateria spectabilis (L.) 

 The King- Eider. 



355 

 Resident, breeds Northumber- 

 land, Scotland (local w. coast), 

 isles, and isle Donegal : else- 

 where vagrant . . . 356 



Very rare vagrant, England, 

 Scotland, Ireland . . .363 



Genus OIDEMIA Fleming 



322. Oidemia nigra nigra (L.) 

 The Common Scoter. 



323. Oidemia fusca fusca (L.) 

 The Velvet-Scoter. 



324. Oidemia perspicillata (L.) 

 The Surf- Scoter. 



Resident, breeds n. Scotland, 

 two localities Ireland : also 

 winter-visitor most common e. 

 coast and passage -migrant 



Winter-visitor, scarcer w. G. 

 Britain, and rare Ireland ; also 

 passage -migrant 



Rare vagrant, chiefly Orkneys . 



368 

 900 



369 



373 



376 



Genus M ERG US Linnaeus 

 325. Mergus merganser merganser L. 

 The Goosander. 



327. 



serrator L. 

 The Red -breasted Merganser. 



Mergus albellus L. 

 The Smew. 



328. Mergus cucullatus L. 



The American Hooded Merganser. 



Resident, breeds n. Scotland: 

 elsewhere winter-visitor . 



Resident, breeds Scotland, Ire- 

 land : elsewhere winter-visitor 

 and passage -migrant , 



Winter-visitor, chiefly e. and s. 

 G. Britain .... 



One Wales, three Ireland, others 

 doubtful .... 



379 



380 



385 



389 



393 



Order STEGANOPODES 

 Family PHALACROCORACID^E 



Genus PHALACROCORAX Brisson 



329. Phalacrocorax carbo carbo (L.) Resident 



The Cormorant. grate 



330. Phalacrocorax aristotelis aristotelis (L.) Resident, breeds 



The Shag. 



breeds : some emi- 



396 

 396 

 396 



396 



400 

 900 



331, 



Family SULID.^ 



Genus SULA Brisson 

 Sula bassana (L.) 

 The Gannet. 



Resident, breeds locally 

 south autumn • 



403 

 404 



404 



