98 FULIGULIN^. 



gated, tapering, curved outwards ; tail very short, much 

 rounded, or tapering, of fourteen or sixteen stiffish, narrow, . 

 pointed feathers. 



1. Somateria mollissima. Common Eider. Bill with the 

 frontal angles very narrow, fleshy, little elevated ; head black 

 above, with a medial white band ; hind part of the cheeks 

 and nape pale green ; back white ; breast and abdomen black ; 

 tail of sixteen feathers. 



2. Somateria spectahilis. King Eider. Bill with the 

 frontal angles very broad, rounded, fleshy, and much ele- 

 vated ; upper part of the head and nape light greyish-blue ; 

 cheeks pale-green; two black bands meeting anteriorly at a 

 very acute angle on the throat ; back black, as are the lower 

 parts ; tail of fourteen feathers. 



GENUS V. STELLERIA. 



Bill shorter than the head, as high as broad at the base, 

 gradually depressed to the end, which is rounded ; upper 

 mandible with the lateral sinuses large, the frontal angles 

 short, the sides erect at the base, concealing the lamellae, the 

 unguis large, elliptical ; legs very short ; tarsus compressed ; 

 outer toes nearly double the length of the tarsus ; wings 

 rather short, convex, pointed; inner secondaries elongated, 

 tapering, curved outwards ; tail very short, rounded, of six- 

 teen stifiish feathers. 



1. Stelleria disj^ar. Pied Stelleria. White above, ferru- 

 ginous beneath; throat, a broad ring on the neck, and back, 

 black : speculum green ; elongated secondaries white on the 

 inner, bluish-black on the outer web. 



GENUS VI. CLANGULA. GARROT. 



Bill shorter than the head, much higher than broad at 

 the base, becoming gradually depressed and considerably nar- 

 rowed to the end, which is rounded ; upper mandible with 

 the lateral sinus broad and rounded, the basal angles short or 

 moderate, the edges thin, concealing the not much elevated 

 lamellae, the unguis large and convex ; that of the lower 



