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341. FuLigULA MARILA . : : é : ; ; : : : Vol. V: Pl. XXIy.

Scaup Duck.

A winter visitant.

Genus Entconerra.

A genus established for the fine Steller’s Duck, a species nearly allied to the Eiders.

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Sretter’s Ducx.
An accidental visitor to the northern parts of Britain; its native countries are Lapland, northern

Scandinavia, and Russia.

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Genus Somarerta. wi |

Of the Eiders, a very natural and distinct group of Ducks, there are but four or five species, inhabiting the WN

northern portions of both the Old and the New World.

343. SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA : : : : : : : 3 : : Voli Ve BESO.

Ewer Duck.

Stationary. Breeds on the Farn Islands and many other similar situations round our northern coasts. "|

344. SomMATERIA SPECTABILIS ; : : : ‘ i ; : : ‘ Vole Ve RE XO
Kine Duck.

A rare and accidental visitor from the north.

Genus Orpemra.
The members of this little division of the Diving Ducks are rendered remarkable by their velvety black
covering,.as well as the bright colouring of some of the soft parts, particularly of the bill and the naked
portions of the head of one species. They are strictly denizens of the salt waters, resorting to freshwater

lakes only for the purpose of breeding.

345. OIDEMIA NIGRA : : : : : ; 3 ° Vol. V. PI. XXVHI.

Scorer.

eee : or stay ‘eed in Caithness and Sutherland. I
Very common along our coasts in winter; a fair number stay to breed in Caithness é I