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-. Inhabits the arctic regions, migrating southwards in the winter, 
like several of the other known species of the genus, on both the 
_ American and HKuropean Continents; breeds in the neighbourhood of 
Hudson’s Bay, on the borders of fresh water lakes, laying eight or 
ten white eggs. On the commencement of incubation the males, like 
those of the eider, form themselves in large flocks and desert the 
females. 3 
SOMATERIA FISCHERL 
_ Som.—Macula albé magné occulos cingente, capite viridi flavo. 
FISCHER'S EIDER DUCK. 
Som.—Whitish ; a large white spot surrounding the eyes; rest of 
the head yellowish green. 
IN. IN. 
PMG 9s cess sere ie VIE MEGAGATIAG 22 SO OD 
Bill to gape ......... 2 Middle toe ....2...es00:. © 22 
Male: back, and a few feathers behind the legs, white; under 
parts and tail black; head yellowish green, a large white spot sur- 
rounding each eye, with two lunate ones placed before and behind it, 
black. 
Fem.: dark brown, transversely barred with black; head black, 
with markings round the eye similar to the male, but indistinct. 
Hab. N. America. 
SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS. 
_ Som. Mas.—Capite supra et occipite cinereis; genis viridibus; 
rostrum tubercula magna basali. 
Som. Fem.—Sequenti similis, sed tuberculA minore basali. — 
KING DUCK. 
Male eider, with the head above and occiput cinereous; the cheeks 
green; the bill with a large tubercle at the base. 
Fem. eider, like the following species, but with a smaller tubercle 
at the base of the bill. 
MMUGUO. sce i si, 241 Tijnier 400 Sos reins 2 
BRU 6 ooeiestae. eis 1 1-6th Middle toe .........- 22 
TTT SR Og te Pet ee 15-6ths Outer toe verserseeeee 28 
