Ducks. 
158. Spectacled Eider (Arctonetta fischeri). L. 21- 
Ad. 3. Front of head plush-like; cushiony pads 
around eyes; above largely white; breast slaty black; 
belly black. 
Range.—'‘Alaskan coast cf Bering Sea and north to Point Barrow.” 
(A. OQ. U.) 
159. Greenland Eider (Somaterta mollissima borealis). 
L. 23. Feathers on sides of bill reaching to nostrils, 
bare spaces on either side of feathers on culmen pointed 
at base (posteriorly.) Ad. J. Crown black with a 
white wedge. Ad. 2. Brownish black above mar- 
gined with rusty and buff; below dusky finely mar- 
gined with buff. Yung ¢. Similar to 2 but more 
buffy. Notes. ‘‘A sort of cooing sound’’ in the 
breeding season. (Elliot.) A raucous, moaning, 
*ha ho, ’ha ho; female’s like that of Mallard. (Brunnich.) 
Range.—Northeastern North America; breeds from Labrador to 
Greenland; winters south to Massachusetts. 
K 160. American Eider (Somateria dresser?). L. 23. 
Similar in color to No. 159, but bare spaces on either 
side of feathers of culmen rounded at the base (poster- 
iorly). 
Range.—Northeastern North America; breeds from Isle au Haut, 
Maine, to Labrador; winters south to New Jersey and Great Lakes. 
161. Pacific Eider (Somateria v-nigra). Similar 
to No. 159, but Ad. G with a black V on throat; sides of 
bill more broadly feathered, distance from end _ of 
feathers to base of bare space on culmen less than 
distance from same place to end of bill. Notes. ‘A 
low guttural note.’’ (Nelson.) 
Range.—North Paclfic from Aleutian {slands north to Arctic Ocean 
east to Great Slave Lake. 
162. King Eider (Somateria spectabilis). L. 23. 
Feathers at side of bill mot reaching nostril. Ad. ¢. 
White patch on either side of rump; crown ashy blue. 
Ad. 9 and Yng. Resembling same plumages of No. 159 
and No. 160. 
Range.—Northern hemisphere; breeds from Labrador and St. 
Michaels, Alaska north to Greenland and Arctic Ocean; winters 
south to New Jersey (rarely Ga.), and Great Lakes; one California 
record, 
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