﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  219 
  

  

  far 
  as 
  nostril, 
  the 
  bare 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  bill 
  broad 
  on 
  top 
  and 
  extending 
  backward 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  feathered 
  areas 
  aforesaid 
  in 
  a 
  broad 
  arm 
  

   with 
  rounded 
  ends 
  (the 
  Greenland 
  eider 
  has 
  the 
  amis 
  of 
  this 
  V-shaped 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  culmen 
  narrow 
  and 
  more 
  pointed 
  at 
  the 
  ends) 
  ; 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  black, 
  

   bordered 
  below 
  by 
  pale 
  green; 
  rest 
  of 
  head 
  white, 
  tinged 
  with 
  greenish 
  

   on 
  its 
  sides 
  and 
  back; 
  throat, 
  neck, 
  back, 
  scapulars 
  and 
  lesser 
  wing 
  coverts 
  

   white; 
  breast 
  tinged 
  with 
  vinaceous; 
  middle 
  rump, 
  upper 
  and 
  under 
  tail 
  

   coverts, 
  lower 
  breast, 
  and 
  belly 
  black. 
  Adult 
  female: 
  Plumage 
  barred 
  

   with 
  black 
  and 
  rusty 
  or 
  ocherous, 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  neck 
  streaked 
  with 
  the 
  

   same. 
  Young: 
  Like 
  the 
  female, 
  but 
  more 
  buffy. 
  

  

  Length 
  22-24 
  inches; 
  wing 
  11. 
  2-1 
  1.5; 
  bill 
  from 
  posterior 
  end 
  of 
  nostril, 
  

   male, 
  1.35— 
  1.45, 
  female, 
  1.32; 
  angle 
  from 
  extremity 
  of 
  loral 
  feathering, 
  

   male, 
  1.75-2, 
  female 
  1.87; 
  its 
  width 
  at 
  middle, 
  male 
  .45-.5, 
  female 
  .22; 
  

   depth 
  of 
  upper 
  mandible 
  at 
  the 
  frontal 
  apex, 
  male, 
  1-1.25, 
  female 
  .78. 
  

  

  Distinguishing 
  marks. 
  This 
  eider 
  is 
  best 
  determined 
  by 
  the 
  angle 
  and 
  

   feathering 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  bill; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  practically 
  impossible 
  for 
  the 
  

   amateur 
  to 
  recognize 
  the 
  young 
  and 
  females 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  way. 
  By 
  referring 
  

   to 
  the 
  description 
  and 
  measurements 
  of 
  the 
  bill 
  given 
  above 
  and 
  under 
  

   King 
  eider 
  he 
  will 
  have 
  no 
  difficulty 
  when 
  the 
  specimen 
  is 
  in 
  hand, 
  but 
  

   they 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  recognized 
  at 
  any 
  great 
  distance 
  when 
  alive. 
  

  

  Although 
  the 
  American 
  eider 
  nests 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine 
  

   it 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  visitor 
  on 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  Its 
  general 
  appearance 
  

   and 
  habits 
  resemble 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  King 
  eider. 
  The 
  following 
  records 
  are 
  

   undoubtedly 
  authentic: 
  

  

  Branchport, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Feb. 
  1873. 
  Auburn 
  List 
  

  

  Center 
  Moriches, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Nov. 
  8, 
  1886. 
  9 
  juvenal. 
  L. 
  S. 
  Foster, 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  

  

  27:323 
  

   Smith's 
  Point, 
  L. 
  I. 
  1880. 
  (Helme). 
  Butcher 
  

   Moriches, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Dec. 
  16, 
  1891. 
  (Seaman). 
  Dutcher 
  

   Montauk 
  Point, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Mar. 
  25, 
  1894. 
  9 
  . 
  (Mulford). 
  Dutcher 
  

   Ossining, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Dec. 
  14, 
  1894. 
  Dr 
  A. 
  K. 
  Fisher 
  

   Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Rare, 
  wv. 
  Linden, 
  Bergtold 
  List 
  

   Brockport, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  wv. 
  Rare. 
  David 
  Bruce 
  

  

  