DUCKS 465 



KING EIDER. Somateria spectabilis (Linnieus). Length, 

 24 in. ; bill, 1'25 in. ; wing, 11 in. ; tarsus, 2 in. 



Hah. Northern Europe and America, but more espe- 

 cially the Arctic regions. 



One, Breydon Harbour, Norfolk, July 25, 1813 : Yarrell, 



" Hist. Brit. Birds," 3rd ed., vol. iii. p. 311; Southwell, 



Trans. Norf. Nat. Soc, v. p. 58. Doubtful. 

 One (female), Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 1827 : Acton, Mag. Nat. 



Hist, vol. iv., 1831, p. 163 ; Jenyns, "Brit. Vert. An.," 



p. 238 ; Jesse's " Gleanings," 3rd series, p. 98. 

 One, Orkney, Nov. 1832: Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 



189 ; Baikie and Heddle, "Hist. Nat. Oread.," p. 78. 

 One, Kingstown Harbour, Oct. 1, 1837 : Thompson, Ann. 



Nat Hist, vol. v. p. 6 ; " Nat. Hist. Irel. (Birds)," vol. 



iii. p. 116 ; Ussher, "Birds of Ireland," p. 213. 

 One, Derrynane, co. Kerry, winter 1843 : Thompson, op. 



cit Proved to be a common Eider. 

 Occasionally met with in Shetland : Edmondston, Zoot, 



1844, p. 463 ; Crotch, Zool, 1861, p. 7343. 

 One, Tralee Bay, co. Kerry, winter 1845-46 : Thompson, 



02?. cit. A common Eider. 

 One, Wensdale Voe, near Hoy, Shetland, May 20, 1846 : 



Dunn, Zool, 1848, p. 2188. 

 One, Bridlington, Yorkshire, Aug. 1850 : Duff, Zool, 1851, 



p. 3036 ; Hancock, " Birds Northumb.," p. 159. 

 One, Belfast Bay, March 11, 1850: Thompson, op. cit. In 



the Belfast Museum. 

 One or more, Kyle of Tongue, Sutherland : St. John, " Tour 



in Sutherland," vol. i. p. 144. 

 One, Lowestoft, Jan. 7, 1854: Harper, Nat, 1854, p. 165. 



It is doubtful whether this was not an Eider. 

 One seen in the Tjme estuary, winter 1847 : Turnbull. 



" Birds of East Lothian," p. 45 ; Gray, " Birds of West 



of Scotland," p. 380. 

 Two, Orkney, May 1868 and Dec. 1869 : Gray, op. cit In 



the collection of the late Mr. Edward Hargitt. 



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