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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



THE King Eider (Somateria spectabilis, Linnaeus) is a rare 

 accidental straggling autumn and winter migrant to the 

 British Isles, and is found inhabiting the Circumpolar 

 Region, during winter moving southward. The adult male 

 has the crown and nape light bluish-grey ; cheeks, pale 

 emerald green ; line above the eye and breast, tinged with 

 buff; lower portion of neck, upper back, and wing-coverts, 



