

KING EIDER. 



(Somateria spectabilis.) 



So. rostro basi paleis duabis elevatis, pedibns rubris. 



Eider with two elevated wattles at the base of the beak, the legs 



red. 

 Anas spectabilis. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 195. Gmel. Syst. Xut. 



1.907. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 845. Sabine. Linn. Trans, xii. 



p. 553. 



Anas freti Hudsonis. Briss. Orn. 6. 365. 

 Le Canard a tete grise. Biiff. Hi.st. Xnt. Ois. 9. 253. Temm. 



man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. ii. 851. 

 Grey-headed Duck. EdiK.Glean.pl. 154. 

 King Duck. Penn. Arct. Zoo/. 2. 481 . Lath. Gen. Sjn. 6. 473. 



Leu:. Brit. Birds, 7. pi. 245. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. wrf App. 



Lath. Linn. Trans. V. p. 27. 



NOT much unlike the foregoing : its length two 

 feet : its beak, wattles, and legs deep vermilion : a very 

 straight band of velvety black surrounds the base of 

 the upper mandible of the beak, which is divided on 

 the superior parts, and passes between its two fleshy 

 wattles, or crests : there is a similar double band which 

 becomes spear-shaped on the throat: the top of the 

 head, the occiput, and the nape are of a tine bluish- 

 grey : the cheeks are shining sea-green : the neck, 

 upper part of the back, wing-coverts, and two large 

 spaces on each side of the rump are pure white : the 

 breast is reddish-white : the scapulars, lower part of 

 the back, wings, tail, and all the under parts of the 

 body are deep black. The female is less: the fea- 

 thered ridge on the tip of the beak is larger : the entire 



