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COMMON EIDER DUCK. 
Male eider, with the head above and occiput green. 
Fem. brown eider, transversely lineated with black. 
13 ett ok IN. 
Ten Glin wingack dodescss 24 PWRCEIE Psasateg ap cages 22 
PRIEE aaptanohareverscma Be N=Ge Outer L0G vabsveceusautieces 27 
TONSE seccieveees pl ae 2 BAVAALE LOG ecsaxen dace os 
Male: crown and occiput green; back, wing coverts, and re- 
mainder of the head and neck white, with a yellowish tinge ; quills 
and tail grey below, with the secondaries and rump black ; bill and 
legs black. 
Fem. : light brown on the breast; a lunule of black on each 
feather near the tip dark brown, with the edges of the feathers 
lighter ; belly obscure ; lesser coverts, the back, tail, secondaries, and 
greater wing coverts grey brown; primaries dark brown, with the. 
edges light-grey brown; bill and legs black. 
Somateria mollissima .......02+ Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 224. 
AMES MNOUMISSLMN Gs caus debenscaeens Lynn. Syst. 1. 178. 
Gmel. Syst. 1. 514. 
Anas St. Cuthbertic.... 6... secede Rati Syn. 14. 1. 
Hider—St. Cuthbert’s Hider... Penn. Aret. Zool. 2 N. 480. 
Oie a duret ou Hider ........545. Buff. 9. 103, t. 6. 
WMUEOD 52 vis cats aabe ssa tinladdectens Viel. Hn. Method. Orn. 
30. 119. 
PCR Res Vai wan docag idkeceew eon oe Linn. Trans. vol. 12, tab. 30, 
Sigel. 
Like its congener, an arctic species, seldom seen south of the 
55th degree N. L., but in the parts within that on all three continents 
and the adjacent islands, where it breeds, building its nest of sea 
weeds, and laying four eggs of a greenish colour. 
ENICONETTA STELLERY. 
Poly. Mas.—Albus, fronte occipiteque viridibus; collum cingulo 
atro. 
Poly. Fem.—Ferruginea, atro et obscuro maculato, duabus ma- 
- culis albis tectricibus. 
