Class II. 



EIDER DUCK. 



243 



Anas mollisslma. A. rostro cy- 

 lindrico, cera postice bifida 

 rugosa. Ind. orn. 845. id. 

 Syn. vi. 470. id. Sup. i. 274. 



Wormius's Eidet, or soft fea- 

 thered Duck, the Cuthbert 

 Duck. IVil. orn. 302. 



Rail Syn. av. 141. 



Gieat black and white Duck. 

 Edw. av. 98. 



Eider anas. Sib. Scot. 21. 



The Colk. Martin s descrip- 

 tion of the western isles. 25. 



Anser lanuginosus, I'Oye a 

 duvet. Brisson av. vi. 294. 



tab. 29. et 30. Hist. dois. 9. Eider. 



ix. 103. PI. Enl. 208. 209. 

 Anas molHssima. Gm. Lin. 



514. 

 Ada, Eider, Gudunge, ^ra. 



Faun. Suec. sp. II7. 

 Pontop. hist. Norway, ii. 70. 

 Hor. hist. Icel. 65. Debes Fe- 

 rae 137. 

 Egede's hist. Greenland. g2. 

 Mittek. Crantzs Greenl. i. 81. 

 Edder. Brunnich, 57. QQ. Mo- 



nogr, tab. 1. 2. 

 Duntur Goose. Sib. Scot. 21. 

 Br.Zool. 152. Q. Arct. Zool. 



ii. 276. 



JL HIS useful species is found in the western 

 isles of Scotland, particularly on Orajisa, Bar- 

 ra, Rona, and Heisker, and on the Farti isles ; 

 but in greater numbers in Norway, Iceland, and 

 Greenland, from whence a vast quantity of the 

 down, known by the name of Eider or Edder, 

 which these birds furnish, is annually imported : 

 its remarkably light, elastic, and warm qualities, 

 make it highly esteemed, as a stuffing for cover- 

 lets, by such whom age or infirmities render un- 

 able to support the weight of common blankets : 

 this down is produced from the breast of the 

 bird in the breeding season. The Eider duck 

 lays its eggs among the stones or plants, near 



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