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CATALOGUE OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
7. SOMATEKIA. 
Somateria, Leach^ Flem. PhiL of Zool, ii. p. 260; Boie^ Isis (1822), 
p. 564. 
1. Somateria mollissima. The Eider Duck. 
Anas mollissima, Linn, S. N, i. p. 198 ; Temm, Man, d’Orn. 1815, 
p. 549 ; Naum, Vdg, Dents, (1844) xii. p. 252, t. 321 and 322, 
f. I ; Schleg, Rev, Crit, des Ois, d'Eur. p. 116. 
Anas Cuthberti, Pall, Zoogr, ii. p. 235. 
Anser lanuginosus, Leach,, Syst. Cat, Mam, B. B, M, p. 37. 
Somateria mollissima, Boie^ Isis (1822), p. 564; Flem, Phil, of 
Zool. ii. p. 260 ; Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. p. 224, pi. 60 ; Flem. Brit. 
An. p. 119; Pr. Bonap. Geogr, Comp. List of B. p. 57; Jenyns., 
Man, B. Vert. An. p. 237 ; Schleg. Rev. Crit. des Ois. d^Eur. p. 
86 ; Macgill. Man. N. H. Ornith. ii. p. 177 ; G. B. Gray^ Gen. 
of B. iii. p. 624. 
Somateria St. Cuthberti, Eyton^ Cat. Brit, B. p. 58. 
Somateria danica, Brehm, Vog. Deuts. p. 890. 
Somateria norwegica, Brehm, Vdg. Deuts. p. 892, t. 43, f. 1. 
Somateria platyuros, Brehm,, Vdg. Deuts. p. 892. 
Somateria faeroeensis, Brehm,, Vdg. Deuts. p. 893. 
Somateria megauros, Brehm,, Vdg. Deuts. p, 894. 
Somateria islandica, Brehm, Vog. Deuts, p. 895. 
Somateria borealis, Brehm, Vog. Deuts. p. 896. 
Somateria Leisleri, Brehm, Vdg. Deuts. p. 896. 
Somateria planifrons, Brehm, Vdg. Deuts. p. 897. 
Eider or Edder Duck, Mont. Orn. Diet. 
Eider Duck, Bew. Brit. B. (1804) ii. p. 314, fig.; Penn. Brit. 
Zool, (1812) ii. p. 243, pi. 40 ; Yarr. Brit. B, 2 edit. iii. p. 297, 
fig. 
Common Eider, Selby, Brit, Orn. ii. p. 338. 
PI, enl. 208, 209 ; Gould, B, of Eur. pi. 374. 
a. Great Britain. 
h, Orkney Islands. 
c. Damsa Holm, Orkney. Male. From Mr. J. Baker’s collection. 
d. Damsa Holm, Orkney. Female. From Mr. J. Baker’s collec- 
tion. 
e. Damsa Holm, Orkney. Very young. From Mr. J. Baker’s 
collection. 
/. Trachea. England. 
