List of Illustrations 
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RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS COURTING, AND GOOSANDER IN DISPLAY, &c. 112 
By J. G. MiLLAis 
SMEWS COURTING 120 
By J. G. MiLLAis. 
COLLOTYPES 
Reproduced by the London Stereoscopic Company^ Limited 
EIGHT PLATES, SHOWING THE CHANGE OF PLUMAGE OF THE MALE EIDER 
FROM TWO MONTHS TO MATURITY: 
EIDER-DUCK— PLATE i, 
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BREASTS — Young Males, First Year . . . . 
BACKS — Young Males, First Year . . . . 
BREASTS — Young Males, end of his First and Part 
OF his Second Year ....... 
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4. BACKS — Young Males, end of his First and Part of 
his Second Year ....... 
5. BREASTS' — Young Males, end of his Second and Part 
of his Third Year ....... 
6. BACKS' — Young Males, end of his Second and Part 
OF his Third Year ....... 
7. BREASTS— Adult Males ....... 
8. BACKS — Adult Males . . . .... 
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EIGHT PLATES SHOWING THE CHANGE OF PLUMAGE OF THE MALE KING- 
EIDER FROM TWO MONTHS TO MATURITY: 
KING-EIDER— PLATE i 
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BREASTS — Young Males, from 2 to ii Months 
BACKS — Young Males, from 2 to ii Months 
BREASTS — Young Males, from 13 to 20 Months 
BACKS — Young Males, from 13 to 20 Months 
BREASTS — Young Males, from 21 to 33 Months 
BACKS — Young Males, from 21 to 33 Months 
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