Plate 19 



Upper: Nest and 7 e,i;,i;'.s of American eider on an island off tiie nortli .sliore 

 of tlie Gulf of St. Lawrence, May 29, 1909, a pliotoiiraph by the autlior, referred 

 to on page 98. 



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

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

 Dale. 



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