of Siberia. On the otlier side of the Atlantic the 

 summer-quarters of this Duck extend throughout the 

 Ai'ctic Regions from the shores of tliat ocean to the 

 Pacific, its northward range extending to nearly as far 

 as man has penetrated, for several nests were found by 

 Major Feilden, when in H.M.S. ' Alert,' in 82° 27' N. 

 It also breeds in Greenland, but is far less abundant 

 therein than the Common Eider. It occurs as far south 

 as the latitude of New York, and has been recorded 

 from California. In nesting and general habits the 

 King Eider is said to resemble the Common Eider. 



As I am totally unacquainted with this species, I have 

 taken the whole of this article almost verbatim from the 

 work referred to in my commencement thereof. 



