246 DUCKS. 



circling about to a considerable hight. Cries 

 musical and frequently given both when on 

 the water and in flight, they are: Er-lit ali- 

 er-lit, varied by Ah-ah oh-er-lit. Nests 

 placed on ground; eggs, 7-1^, ashy. 



217. LABRADOR DUCK. 



Shorter, 19; head, breast and large 

 wing patch,white; top of head, collar, around 



Fig. 192 



King Eider. ]-3. 



neck and body, black; bill, black, orange at 

 base; feet, bluish. Female, ash-brown; wing- 

 coverts and secondaries, white. Former 

 breeding range, north of the U. S.; in winter 

 as far south as N. J. Now extinct; last 

 specimen captured was at Grand Menan, N. 



