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VERTEBEATA. 
TaE KING DUCK. 
when any one approaches her. He passes and repasses hetween her and the object of his suspi- 
cion, raising his head and cooiug. One female, during the whole time of laying, generally gives 
half a pound of neat down, and double that quantity before cleansing." 
The King Duck, S. specta- 
hilis, is a trifle smaller than the 
preceding; it so much resem- 
bles it in habits that it is some- 
times called the Khiff Eider ; 
found in the Arctic rea-ions of 
Europe, Asia, and N". America. 
Steller's Western Duck, 
S. adispar^ nineteen inches long, 
inhabits the western parts of 
Xorth America, Europe, and 
xA.sia, and it has been accidental- 
ly met with in England. 
The Spectacled Eider, Lam- 
pronetta Fischeri, is found on the 
coast of Russian America. 
The Velvet Scoter, Oidemia 
fusca — De Ivay's White-ivinged 
Coot — 22 inches long; is com- 
mon in Europe and N. America. 
The Common Scoter of Eu- 
rope, 0. nif/ra, is nineteen inches 
long; common in the South of 
Europe. 
The Surf Scoter or Coot, 0. 
perspicillata^ twenty-one inches 
long; is common in North. 
America; accidental in Europe. 
The Common American Sco- 
ter, 0. Americana, somotinies 
Q.d\\G(\. Broad-billed Coo is abun- 
dant along the sea-coast of IS", 
America. 
The Huron Scoter, 0. bi- 
maculata, is found in fall and 
winter on Lalce Huron and the 
adjacent waters. 
The Long-billed Scoter, 
Pelionetta Trowbridgii^ is found 
in winter along the southern 
coast of California. 
The Red-crested Whistling 
Duck, Fuligula rujlna^ is twenty 
two inches long ; found through- 
out Europe and Asia. 
The Pochard or Dun-Bird, F. ferina, nineteen and a half inches long, resembling the Can- 
vas-Back of the United States, is found in parts of Europe ; in England it is called Red-headed 
Poker and Red-eyed PoJcer. 
The Red-Head, F. erythrocepliala^ is eighteen inches long ; found in North America. It was 
formerly considered as identical with the preceding. It closely resembles the Canvas-Back. 
THE VELVET SCOTER. 
