Dm KS A \I> GEESE. 



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countless numbers in Lhe Magdalen [slands in the Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence, h resembles a goose in shape. In fishing 



Fig. 255.-^1, King Duck; P, Eider Duck. From Nordensk 



it plunges from a greal height, remaining under the water 

 for a few seconds. 



Order 1. Lamellirostrcs ( Ducks ;md G< esc). — These birds 

 have usually broad bills furnished with lamellate, 



Fio 256 Summer 



like projections. The feel are palmated, adapted for swim- 

 ming rapidly. In the mergansers the bill is narrow and 

 more strongly toothed. The eider duck [Somali 

 sima, Fig. 355, /:) breeds from Labrador around north- 



