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Key to Plate No. 25 Plate No. 25 - 



WINTER PLUMAGES 



(A) KING EIDER, adult male. 



(B) KING EIDER, adult male wing. 



(C) KING EIDER, adult female. 



(D) KING EIDER, adult female wing. 



Chief distinguishing features of KING EIDER: MALE, (a) Hind toe 

 with lobe, (b) bill-processes, see "Specimen Identification" in text. FE- 

 MALE, (a) Hind toe with lobe, (b) bill-processes, see "Description." To 

 separate from other female Eiders see "Specimen Identification" of fe- 

 male American Eider. 



(E) SPECTACLED EIDER, adult male. 



(F) SPECTACLED EIDER, adult male wing. 



(G) SPECTACLED EIDER, adult female. 



(H) SPECTACLED EIDER, adult female wing. 



Chief distinguishing features of SPECTACLED EIDER: MALE, (a) Hind 

 toe with lobe, (b) white "spectacle" outlined in black around eye, (c) 

 feathering on upper mandible extends past nostril. FEMALE, (a) Hind toe 

 with lobe, (b) large, pale area around eye, (c) feathering on upper man- 

 dible extends past nostril. 



Autumn Plumage, Plate No. 29. 



Downy Young, Plate No. 3d. 



Text: King Eider, page 315; Spectacled Eider, page 321. 



