Peninsula, and its range extends across Bering Sea to 

 Alaska. It has occurred in Greenland. I quote ver- 

 batim from the 4th ed. of ' Yarrell ' with regard to the 

 nest and eggs of this species. " Von Middendorff describes 

 the nest of Steller's Eider as cup-shaped and lined with 

 down placed in the moss of the flat ' tundras ' : the 

 eggs, seven to nine in number, are of a pale greenish- 

 grey colour; average measurements 2*2 by 1*6 in. It 

 is stated that this species flies in flocks, and never enters 

 the mouths of rivers. Its food consists of marine insects 

 and mollusks, and its cry is said to resemble that of the 

 Common Teal, but is harsher." — " Steller's Eider has 

 been observed occasionally at Heligoland ; there are two 

 records of its occurrence in Denmark, in the Baltic it is 

 not uncommon, and one specimen is stated to have been 

 obtained in 1855 between Calais and Boulogne." 



