LIST OF SPECIES. 
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586. Mareca penelope, (Linn.) Bon. English Widgeon. Old World ; accidental on the 
Atlantic coast of United States ; Greenland 784 
587. Aix sponsa , (Linn.) Boie. Summer Duck. Continent of North America 785 
588. Fulix marila, (Linn.) Baird. Big Black-head. Whole of North America and 
Europe. 791 
589. Fulix affinis , (Forster,) Baird. Little Black-head. Whole of North America; 
accidental in Europe ...... ...... .... .... 791 
590. Fulix collar is, (Donovan,) Baird. Ring-necked Duck. Whole of North America ; 
accidental in Europe 792 
591. Aythya americana , (Eyton,) Bon. Red-head. Whole of North America • • • • • • • • 793 
592. Aythya vallisneria, (Wils.) Bon. Canvas-back. Whole of North America 794 
593. Bucephala americana , (Bon.) Baird. Golden Eye. Whole of North America- • • - • 796 
594. Bucephala islandica , (Gm.) Baird. Barrow’s Golden Eye. Iceland and northern 
parts of America; in winter, not rare on the St. Lawrence- 796 
595. Bucephala albeola , (Linn.) Baird. Butter Ball. Whole of North America - • • • • • • • 797 
596. Histrionicus torquatus, (Linn.) Bon. Harlequin Duck. Northern seacoast of north- 
ern hemisphere • • • • ...... - - ...... ...... .... .... .... 799 
597. Harelda glacialis, (Linn.) Leach. South Southerly. Near both coasts of North 
America; Europe 800 
598. Polysticta steUeri, (Pallas,) Eyton. Steller’s Duck. Northeastern Asia; accidental (?) 
on northwest coast of America, and in Europe 801 
599. Lampronetta fischeri , Brandt. Spectacled Eider. Norton sound, Russian America, 
63£ N. L - - 803 
600. Camptolaemus labradorius , (Gm.) Gray. Labrador Duck. Northeastern coast of 
North America 803 
601. Melanetta velvetina, (Cassin,) Baird. Velvet Duck. Near both coasts of North 
America, to the north; perhaps M. carbo , of Pallas 805 
602. Pdionetta perspiicllata, (Linn.) Kaup. Surf Duck. On and near seacoast of North 
America ; quite far south in winter; accidental in Europe ...... 806 
603. Pdionetta trowbridgii , Baird. Long-billed Scoter. Coast of southern California in 
winter • • • • • • • ...... .... 806 
604. Oidemia americana, Swains. Scoter. Seacoast of North America* 807 
605. Oidemia (Pdionetta) bimaculata, Baird. Huron Scoter. Lake Huron and adjacent 
waters in fall and winter • • • • • . 808 
606. Somateria mollissima , (Linn.) Leach. Eider Duck. Atlantic and Arctic coasts of 
northern hemisphere; Pacific coast, N. A 809 
607. Somateria V. nigra , Gray. Pacific Eider. Kotzbue sound, N. W. coast of America 810 
608. Somateria speetahilis, (Linn.) Leach. King Eider. Arctic regions of northern 
hemisphere; Pacific coast 810 
609. Erismatura rubida, (Wils.) Bon. Ruddy Duck. Whole of North America; abund- 
ant throughout the interior ................................ 811 
610. Erismatura dominica, (Linn.) Eyton. Black Masked Duck. West Indies ; accidental 
on Lake Champlain 811 
