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  NORTH 
  AMERICAN 
  DUCKS, 
  GEESE, 
  AND 
  SWANS. 
  

  

  Winter 
  range. 
  — 
  The 
  Steller 
  eider 
  winters 
  abundantly 
  on 
  the 
  Near 
  

   Islands 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Unalaska, 
  the 
  Shumagins, 
  and 
  the 
  Kenai 
  

   Peninsula. 
  The 
  winter 
  range 
  extends 
  south 
  on 
  the 
  Asiatic 
  coast 
  to 
  

   the 
  Kurile 
  Islands. 
  

  

  Spring 
  migration. 
  — 
  The 
  northward 
  migration 
  is 
  limited 
  chiefly 
  to 
  

   May. 
  The 
  first 
  arrivals 
  have 
  been 
  noted 
  at 
  Point 
  Barrow 
  June 
  5, 
  1882, 
  

   June 
  11, 
  1883, 
  June 
  9, 
  1898. 
  During 
  migration 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  fairly 
  

   common 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Alaska 
  at 
  Bristol 
  Bay, 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  

   Yukon, 
  and 
  in 
  Norton 
  Sound. 
  

  

  Fall 
  migration. 
  — 
  The 
  first 
  arrival 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  has 
  been 
  noted 
  at 
  St. 
  

   Michael, 
  Alaska, 
  September 
  21. 
  The 
  southern 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  winter 
  

   home 
  is 
  reached 
  about 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  November. 
  The 
  latest 
  date 
  at 
  Point 
  

   Barrow 
  is 
  September 
  IT, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  migrants 
  leave 
  St. 
  Michael 
  about 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  October. 
  

  

  The 
  Steller 
  eider 
  has 
  occurred 
  accidentally 
  at 
  Disco 
  Bay, 
  Greenland, 
  

   in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1878; 
  at 
  Godbout, 
  Quebec, 
  February 
  17, 
  1898, 
  and 
  also 
  

   at 
  Point 
  des 
  Monts, 
  Quebec. 
  

  

  Arctonetta 
  fi.sch.eri 
  (Brandt). 
  Spectacled 
  Eider. 
  

  

  Breeding 
  range. 
  — 
  The 
  spectacled 
  eider 
  has 
  a 
  more 
  restricted 
  range 
  

   than 
  any 
  other 
  of 
  the 
  family. 
  It 
  breeds 
  north 
  to 
  Point 
  Barrow, 
  

   Alaska, 
  and 
  thence 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Kuskokwim 
  

   River. 
  The 
  range 
  extends 
  also 
  along 
  the 
  northern 
  coast 
  of 
  Siberia 
  

   to 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Lena, 
  but 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  not 
  as 
  yet 
  been 
  taken 
  

   breeding 
  on 
  the 
  Asiatic 
  side. 
  By 
  far 
  the 
  greater 
  number 
  of 
  individuals 
  

   nest 
  around 
  Norton 
  Sound. 
  

  

  Winter 
  range. 
  — 
  Winter 
  records 
  are 
  almost 
  wanting; 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  

   been 
  noted 
  at 
  this 
  season 
  on 
  the 
  Near 
  Islands 
  and 
  Unalaska, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   probable 
  that 
  the 
  Aleutian 
  chain 
  constitutes 
  the 
  principal 
  winter 
  home. 
  

  

  Spring 
  migration. 
  — 
  The 
  breeding 
  grounds 
  are 
  reached 
  in 
  Ma}^, 
  the 
  

   earliest 
  record 
  at 
  Norton 
  Sound 
  being 
  May 
  6, 
  and 
  the 
  usual 
  date 
  a 
  

   week 
  or 
  more 
  later. 
  The 
  first 
  have 
  been 
  noted 
  at 
  Point 
  Barrow 
  May 
  

   29, 
  1882, 
  May 
  26, 
  1883, 
  and 
  May 
  31, 
  1898. 
  

  

  Fresh 
  eggs 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  at 
  St. 
  Michael 
  June 
  10, 
  and 
  newly 
  

   hatched 
  young 
  July 
  23; 
  downy 
  young 
  were 
  secured 
  at 
  Point 
  Barrow 
  

   July 
  28, 
  1898. 
  

  

  Fall 
  migration. 
  — 
  The 
  latest 
  records 
  at 
  Point 
  Barrow 
  are 
  August 
  24, 
  

   1883, 
  and 
  September 
  17, 
  1897. 
  During 
  this 
  latter 
  month 
  all 
  the 
  

   breeding 
  grounds 
  from 
  Norton 
  Sound 
  northward 
  are 
  deserted. 
  

  

  Somateria 
  mollissima 
  borealis 
  (C. 
  L. 
  Brehm). 
  Northern 
  Eider. 
  

  

  Breeding 
  range. 
  — 
  This 
  eider 
  breeds 
  in 
  northeastern 
  North 
  America, 
  

   south 
  to 
  Hamilton 
  Inlet, 
  Labrador, 
  about 
  latitude 
  51°; 
  west 
  to 
  

   Southampton 
  Island 
  and 
  Cape 
  Fullerton, 
  latitude 
  63°; 
  north 
  on 
  the 
  

   east 
  coast 
  of 
  Greenland 
  to 
  Shannon 
  Island, 
  latitude 
  75°, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  