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eye, longitudinal streak on side of occiput, 

 under parts and side of tail, white; bill, 

 black; feet, bluish. Winter differs in having 

 head, neck, upper breast and back, white; 

 patch of brown on side of head below one 

 of ashy, fig. 189. Female differs in lacking 

 long central tail feathers; head and neck, 



Fig. 191 



Fig. 190 



Northern Eider. 1-3. 



American Eider. 1-3. 



dusky with whitish patch around eye and 

 on neck behind. Breeds in the Arctic, 

 south in Oct., wintering from coast of N. E. 

 to S. C.; north in late April. Frequents 

 bays along coast in close flocks from a few 

 pairs to hundreds. In feeding all of the 

 flock are apt to dive at one time and reappear 

 simultaneously; sometimes rise in air a-nd-by 



