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Fkatercula arctica. 1. St. Kilda. Upper surface and 
neck white, spotted with black. 
1. St. Kilda. Entirely white; only wings and tail 
partially black. 
ad. Faroe Islands. Above wdiite, with black 
spots; crown black, with a few wdiite spots. 
d . Faroe Islands. Entirely white ; only wings and 
tail with a few black feathei’s. 
d . Faroe Islands. Pale bufty brown. 
Uria grylle. Greenland. Above mostly wdiite. 
Uria lomvia. c? ad. Greenland. Above slaty grey. 
(J ad. Greenland. Above very pale silvery grey. 
Alle alee. Above white and black. 
Anas boschas. ? . Elbe, near Hamburg (Wiebke coll.). 
Tail wdtb much white; neck and under surface creamy 
buff ; bill rather narrow. (Supposed by Messrs. Wiebke 
to be a hybrid of a Mergus and Anas hoschas, for w diicli 
belief, however, there is no foundation.) 
Mareca PENELOPE. ? . Scotland. Upperside, neck, and 
breast pale grey, with white edges to the feathers. 
Nettion CRECCA. Germany. Of a very pale brown ; wings 
mostly white. 
Fulica ATRA. 1. Lenkoran. Pale huffy grey; tips of 
wings and tail, and edges to the feathers of the back, 
creamy white. 
2 juv. England. Fore-neck and chest white. 
PoRPHYRio MELANONOTUS. 1. New Zealand. Wings and 
tail with broad white ante-apical cross-bands ; bases of 
upper wdng-coverts, under tail-coverts, and a few 
feathers on the sides of the chest white. 
1 ? . Nelson, New Zealand. Similar to the former, 
but with the white bands on the wungs and tail much 
narrowei’, and the feathers of the mantle, as well as 
some more on the sides of the chest, white. 
1. New Zealand. Broad tips to some of the feathers 
above and below', and tips to quills, buffy white. 
