Somateria spectabilis. King Eider. -A young male of this species, 
in Mr. Dykes collection, was taken by Mr. Joseph E. Bassett at his gun- 
ning stand, at Nippenicket Pond, on Oct. 21, 1899. The King Eider is 
taken occasionally on our coast where it occurs as a rare winter visitor, 
but has, I believe, never been taken in an inland pond. —A. C. Bent 
Taunton, Mass. s.'*” 
