DUCKS AND GEESE, 
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countless numbers in the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of 
St. Lawrence. It resembles a goose in shape. In fishing 
A B 
Fig. 255.—^, King Duck; B, Eider Duck. From Nordenskiold. 
it plunges from a great height, remaining under the water 
for a few seconds. 
Order 4. Lamellirostres (Ducks and Geese). — These birds 
have usually broad bills furnished with lamellate, teeth- 
FiG. 256.— Summer Duck. 
like projections. The feet are palmated, adapted for swim- 
ming rapidly. In the mergansers the bill is narrow and 
more strongly toothed. The eider duck {Somateria molh'^- 
miia, Fig. 255, £) breeds from Labrador around north- 
