Interior of British North America. 
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IIlSTRIONICUS TORQUATUS. 
I examined a specimen of the Harlequin Duck at York 
Factory, on Hudson’s Bay; and the ‘ Fauna Bor.-Am.’ records 
one from the eastern declivity of the Rocky Mountains. Mr. 
Boss mentions it on the Mackenzie. 
Harelda glacialis. 
A specimen is noted in the f Fauna Bor.-Am.’ from the Sas- 
katchawan; and Mr. Murray records it from Hudson’s Bay, 
where I myself saw it, and whence I have since received speci¬ 
mens. Mr. Ross also gives the Long-tailed Duck, or " South 
Southerly,” as abundant on the Mackenzie. 
Melanetta velvetina. 
I have seen and examined the American Velvet Scoter from 
Hudson’s Bay; Mr. Murray records it frond the country between 
there and Lake Winipeg; and Mr. Ross includes it among the 
birds of Mackenzie River. The f Fauna Bor.-Am.’ gives Oidemia 
fusca, the European bird, from Great Bear Lake; but although this 
may have been a mistake, owing to M. velvetina not being then 
known as distinct, still I think M. fusca is sometimes found on 
the west side of the Atlantic, as there is a specimen in the British 
Museum, presented by the Hudson’s Bay Company. I may 
here state, with regard to the geographical range of M. velvetina , 
that I have a specimen, which has been carefully compared, shot 
by myself at Chin-Kiang, on the Yang-tsze River, in China. 
This bird is also found on the Pacific coast of North America. 
I would also remind observers that its striking dissimilarity to 
M. fusca is in the form and colouring of the bill, which comes 
nearer to the Common Scoter ( Oidemia nigra ) of Britain. 
PeLIONETTA PERSPIC1LLATA. 
I have received a specimen of the Surf Scoter from York 
Factory, on Hudson’s Bay, from which locality Mr. Murray has 
obtained it; besides, there is one from Nelson River in the 
Smithsonian Institution, and another is recorded from Great 
Bear Lake in the ‘ Fauna Bor.-Am.;’ it is also given as abund¬ 
ant, by Mr. Ross, on the Mackenzie. 
Oidemia Americana. 
The American Scoter was described by Swainson, from Hud- 
