DUCKS, (JEESE AND SWANS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



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This species occurs in " nortlieastevn Nortli America including;' Greenland, 

 soutli ill winter to coast of Massacluisetts." (A. 0. U.) It breeds from I^al)- 

 rador northward; eggs eight or less of a pale hluisli white or dull greenish 

 white. 





N.iiiIh'I II l-:i.li r l>ui'k. 



SOriATERlA DRESSERI Shar/>c. 

 American Eider. Sea Uuck. 



Tlie American Eider Duck closely lesemliles the XiirllcTii Kidei-. there liehig no taugilile 

 ililterences which c:iii tie relieil iipeii exee[it th<' dittereiicc in sliiipe ot the iliviiled culmeu, tlie 

 points ot wliicli are hrond and rotuided, and not jiointed as in the noftliii-n spcM'ies. {See ciil.) 



lAnigth, 28; wing, IO.T.t; tarsus, 1.7.">, 



This species occurs along the cotist of North Amei'ica from Miiine to Lahra- 

 dor. In winter it has l)eeu found as far south as Delaware, and it also occurs 

 on the Great Lakes. It Ijreeds from tlie coast of Maine northward, the eggs 

 being usually eight or less, pale liluish gray or didl greenish olive, and measure 

 about 2 X ;>. It is from the breast of the Eider Ducks that the far-famed 

 eider down is taken. In Iceland, nian\- men make a business of gathering it, 

 and luindreds of pounds are annually exported. The female plucks the down 

 from lier breast to make a soft lining for her nest, and it is claimed that a 

 single nest will often yield two ounces of feathers. 



