166 OCEAN BIRDS. 



No. 162. AMERICAN EIDER. 



Genus: Somateria. Species: S. dresseri. 



Distribution: 



A winter visitor. 



Date of Arrival: 

 November. 



Date of Departure: 

 March first. 



General Plumage: 



Male, upper parts white tinted with pjreenish, crown black 

 with f^recnish line, middle rump black ; under parts white 

 creamy tinged, lower breast and belly black. Female, upper 

 parts black, marked with buff, head and neck bu(f, stre deed 

 with blackish ; under parts, breast buff, black marked. he]\v 

 brownish lightly barred, large rounded culmen. Bill ani 

 feet black. Length about 23.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



'■'■ Ila-ho, ha-ho," and quack. 



Haunts: 



Ocean and seas. 



