Ducks 



158. Spectacled Eider {Arctonetta fisckert) . L. 21- 

 Ad. Front of head plush-like, cushiony pads 



around eyes; above largely white; breast slaty black; 

 belly black. 



Range. — "Alaskan coast of Bering Sea and north to Point Barrow." 

 (A. O. U.) 



I 59. Greenland Eider (Somateria mollissima borealis). 



L. 23. Feathers on sides of bill reaching to nostrils, 

 bare spaces on either side of leathers on culmen pointed 

 at base I posteriorly. ) Ad. rj\ Crown black with a 

 white wedge. Ad. 9. Brownish black above mar- 

 gined with rusty and buff; below dusky finely mar- 

 gined with buff. Yng, (J. Similar to V but more 

 huffy. Notes. "A sort of cooing sound" in the 

 breeding season. (Elliot.) A raucous, moaning, 

 'ba ho,'k a ho; female's like that of Mallard. (Brunnich.) 



Range. — Northeastern North America; breeds from Labrador to 

 Greenland: winters soutli to Massachusetts. 



160. American Eider {Somateria dressert). L. 23. 



Similar in color to No. 159, but bare spaces on either 

 side of feathers of culmen rounded at the base (poster- 

 iorly ). 



Range. — Northeastern North America; breeds from Isle au Haut, 

 Maine, to Labrador; winters south to New Jersey and Great Lakes. 



16 1. Pacific Eider {Somateria v-nigra). Similar 

 to No. 159, but Ad. c? with a black V on throat; sides of 

 bill more broadly feathered, distance from end of 

 feathers to base of bare space on culmen less than 

 distance from same place to end of bill. Notes. "A 

 low guttural note." (Nelson.) 



Range. — North Pacific from Aleutian Islands north to Arctic Ocean 

 east to Great Slave Lake. 



162. King Eider {Somateria spectabilis) . L. 23. 



Feathers at side of bill not reaching nostril. Ad. rj>. 

 White patch on either side of rump; crown ashy blue. 

 Ad. 9 an J Yng. Resembling same plumages of No. 159 

 and No. 160. 



Range. — Northern hemisphere; breeds from Labrador and St. 

 Michaels. Alaska north to Greenland and Arctic Ocean; winters 

 south to New Jersey (rarely Ga.), and Great Lakes; one California 

 record. 



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