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town of Thorshavn, where two little streams empty themselves into 
the harbour, several domesticated eiders were always to be seen 
consorting with the common ducks. They were very tame and 
very voracious, for several times I fed them with the flesh of birds 
I had just skinned, and they devoured the raw meat with evident 
relish. J noticed several young males in company with adults of 
the same sex, which were conspicuous from the large crescent- 
shaped patch of white on their breasts: this was so decided that it 
could be seen with the naked eye ata distance of two or three 
hundred yards. I was informed that the young male in this stage 
of plumage was considered by the Feroese to be three years old, 
and would assume its adult plumage in the next moult. 
95. Somateria spectabilis, Linn. King Duck. Native name, 
Eavekongur.—Landt, who describes the bird accurately, writes, 
“Some solitary ones are found now and then among the eider 
ducks, to which they have a pretty close resemblance, only that 
they are less.” Wolley includes it in a list of birds said to have 
been found breeding in the Feroe Islands, but of which he could 
not find the slightest trace. Yarrell records that a few breed in the 
Feroe Islands, but this is extremely doubtful. Miiller has 
procured it on several occasions, and, singularly enough, in the 
summer, but there is no instance known of its having been found 
-__breeding. 
96. Gdemia fusca, Linn. Velvet Scoter. Native name, Andt. 
—Herr Miiller has only procured one example of this bird in 
Feroe. 
97. Gdemia nigra, Linn. Common Scoter. Native name, 
Andt.—Herr Miiller informs me that a single pair of these birds 
were observed at Hoidenor on the 30th June, 1868; the male was 
shot. 
98. Gdemia perspicillata, Linn. Surf Scoter. Native name, 
Andt.—Herr Miiller procured one, which was sent by him to the 
museum in Copenhagen. 
99. Fuligula marila, Linn. Scaup Duck. Native name, 
Andt.—Is common in autumn and winter, and pairs have been 
seen remaining in the islands throughout the summer. I saw a 
single pair on a small lake in Stromoe on the 20th May, 1872. 
100. Harelda glacialis, Linn. Longtailed Duck. Native name, 
Egvedla.—Appears in autumn in large flocks, keeping in the bays 
and fiords, and remains till March; some have been seen during 
