Ducks 



158. Spectacled Eider {ArctonHta fisakeri) . L. 21- 

 /id. (f. Front of head plush-like; cushiony pads 

 around eyes; above largely white; breast slaty black; 

 belly black. 



Ranpe,—' 'Alaskan coast of Bering Sfta and north to Point Barrow.'' 

 (A. O. U.) 



I 59 . Greenland Eider {Somateria molUssima borealis). 

 L. 2j. Feathers on sides of bill reaching to nostrils, 

 bare spaces on either side of feathers on culmen pointed 

 at base (posteriorly.). Ad. c?- Crown black with a 

 white wedge. Ad. ?. Brownish black above mar- 

 gined with rusty and buff; below dubky finely mar- 

 gined with buff. Yng. d"- Similar to ¥ but more 

 buffy, NoUs. "A sort of cooing sound" in the 

 breedins season. (Elliot.) A raucous, moaning, 

 '*a/(o, 'Aa Ao,-female'slikethatof Mallard. (IJrunnich.) 



Range. — Northeastern North America; breeds from Latirador to 

 Greenland; winters south to Massachusetts. 



I 60. American Eider (^Somateria dressert). L. 23. 

 Simil.ir in color to No.;i5Q, but bare .spaces on either 

 side of feathers of culmen rounded at the base (poster- 

 ioily). 



Range. — Northeastern North America; breeds from Isle au Haut. 

 Maine, I0 L^tbrakiur; winters '- south to New Jersey and Great Lakes. 



16 1. Paoiflo Eider {Somateria v-nigra). Similar 

 to No. 159, but Ad. cf 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. NoUs. "A 

 low guttural note." (iSelson.) 



Range. — North Pacific from Aleutian Islands north to Arcilc Ocean 

 east to Grtat Slave Lake. 



162. King Eider {Somateria spectabilis). L. 2J. 

 Feathers at side of bill noi rea^ihing nostril. Ad. (f. 

 White patch on either side of rump, crown ashy blue. 

 /fd. 9 in I Yng. Resenbling same plum iges of ■'slo. 139 

 and Nu. i6j. 



Range.— Northern hemisphere; bi**d.'i from Labrador and Pi. 

 Michaels. Alaska north to Greenland and Arctic O^ean; wlrtert 

 south to New Jersey (rarely Ga.) , and Great Lakes; one Ollfurnia 

 record. 



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