Captain Sabine, equals in some places the numbers of the 

 Eider Duck, which it resembles as much in habits as in its 

 appearance. Its nest is, like that of the Eider Duck, lined 

 with its own soft down ; its eggs are also four or five in 

 number, and of the same colour, but differing much more in 

 their size than one would expect. The egg from which the 

 accompanying drawing is made, was brought home by some 

 one of the officers of one of the Arctic expeditions, and was 

 kindly given me by Mr. Leadbeater. Plate 101. Fig. 2. 



