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Show 528 MR. p. L. SCLATER ON THE [June 15, Genus CAMPTOL^EMUS. 22. CAMPTOL.EMUS LABRADORICUS (Gm.). Labrador Duck. Camptolcemus labradoricus, Baird, B. N. A. p. 803. Hab. Arctic America. This now extinct bird has never, so far as I know, been captured alive. Genus SOMATERIA. 23. SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA (Linn.). Eider Duck. Somateria mollissima, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. t. 26. Hab. Circumpolar area. Eiders were first obtained by the Society in 18381, and bred several years in the Gardens. They were also in the Knowsley Menagerie. Of late years we have received but few specimens and they have not bred with us. Dates of Hatching of Eider Ducks. 1841. July 7th. 1848. June 25th. 24. SOMATERIA V-NIGRUM, Gray. 1849. June 9th. Somateria v-nigrum, G. R. Gray, P.Z.S. 1855, p. 211 t 107* Elhot, B, N. A. t. xlviii. Hab. Arctic America. Unknown in captivity. 25. SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS (Linn.). King-Duck. Somateria spectabilis, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. t. 27. Hab. Circumpolar regions. Not yet obtained alive, so far as I know. Genus LAMPRONETTA. 26. LAMPRONETTA FISCHERI, Brandt. Fischer's Eider. ^Lampronettafischeri, G. R. Gray, P.Z.S. 1855, t. 108; Elliot, Hab. N.W. America. Not known in captivity. Genus O^DEMIA. 27. (EDEMIA NIGRA, Flem. Black Scoter. Oidemia nigra, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. t. 28. Hab. North Palaearctic Region. weU^n clpdvftrer " °CCasionally obtained alive> but does not do 1 Eep. Council, 1839, p. 39. |