KING DUCK 



KING EIDER. 



PLATE CXCIIL FIGURE II. 



Anas spectabilis, . . . PENNANT. MONTAGU. 

 Somateria spectabilis, . . . FLEMING. SELBY. 



THE nest of the King Duck, which is rarely found in 

 the most northern portions of the British Islands, is 

 placed on rocks near the sea. It is lined with the down 

 of the female, and composed externally of sea-weeds, grass, 

 or mosses. 



The eggs are of a pale greenish-grey colour. They 

 are from four to six in number. The male bird leaves 

 the care of the eggs to the hen, and repairs to the sea. 



VOL. III. 97 N 



