CUTHUERT EIDER. 



(Somateria mollissima.) 



So. rostro basi lamellis duabus plants, pedibus virescente-cinereiS' 

 Eider with two flat lamellae at the base of the beak, legs greenish- 

 ash colour. 

 Anas mollissima. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 198. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 514. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 845. Sabine, Linn. Trans, xii. 



554. 



Anser lanuginosus. Briss. Orn. 6. 294.pl. 29, 30. 

 Anas St. Cutberti. Rail, Syn. 141. A. 

 Oie a duvet, Eider. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 103. pi. 6. Buff. 



PL Enl. 209. male; 208. female. 

 Canard Eider. Temm. man. d'Orn. 549. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 848. 



Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 534. 



Great Black and White Duck. Edw. Glean, pi. 98. 

 Eider, or Cuthbert Duck. Perm. Brit. Zool. 2. 271. pi. 95. 



Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 480. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 470. Lath. 



Syn. Stip. 274. Lew. Brit. Birds, 7. pi. 244. Wale. Syn. 1. 



pi, 66. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. and Sup. Beic. Brit. Birds, 2. 



314. Wils. Amer. Orn. viii. p. 122. 125. pi. xci.yi 2. male; 



f. 3. female. Bing. Anim. Biog. ii. p. 334. 



THIS useful bird measures about two feet in length : 

 its beak is dull green : irides brown : on each side and 

 above the eyes is a very broad band of violet black, 

 having its extremities united on the forehead : the 

 cheeks, a band on the top of the head, and the occiput 

 are greenish-white : the lower part of the neck, back, 

 scapulars, and lesser wing-coverts are pure white : the 

 breast is reddish- white, or flesh-colour : the belly, vent, 

 and rump are deep black : the legs dull ashy-green. 

 The old female is somewhat less than the male : she 



