Plate 19 



Upper : Xest and 7 eggs of Aiuericaii eider on an island off the north shore 

 of the Gulf of St. I>awrence, May 29, 1909, a photograph I:y the author, referred 

 to on page 98. 



Lower : Young male American eider in first winter plumage beginning to ac- 

 quire the first white plumage, a photograph purchased from Mr. Bonnycastle 

 Dale. 



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