56 NORTH AMERICAN BUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS. 
Winter range, — The Steller cider winters abundantly on the Near 
Islands and as far north a^ Inalaska. 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 Harrow June 5, 1882, 
June 11. L883, June 9, L898. During migration the species is fairly 
common along the coast of Alaska at Bristol Bay, the mouth of the 
Yukon, and in Norton Sound. 
Ft/// 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 17, 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 fischeri (Brandt). Spectacled Eider. 
Iiiwcrfimj 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 Kuskokw im 
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 [Jnalaska, and it is 
probable that the Aleutian chain constitutes the principal winter home. 
Spring migration. — The breeding grounds are reached in May, the 
earliest record at Norton Sound being Ma} T 6, and the usual date a 
week or more later. The first have been noted at Point Barrow May 
29, L882, May 26, L883, and May 31, 1898. 
Fresh eggs have been found at St. Michael June LO, and newly 
hatched young July 23; downy young were secured at Point Barrow 
July 28, 1898. 
/-)/// migration The latest records at Point Barrow are August 24, 
L883, and September 17, 1897. During this latter month all the 
breeding grounds from Norton Sound northward are deserted. 
Somateria mollissima borealis (C. I- Brehm). Northern Eider. 
Breeding run,/,. This eider breeds in northeastern North America, 
south to Hamilton Inlet. Labrador, about latitude 54°; west to 
Southampton Island and (ape Fullerton, latitude 63°; north on the 
east coast of Greenland to Shannon Island, latitude 75 « and on the 
