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fire blank charges and hooting and yelling as loud as pos- 
sible, drive the terrified birds into the cove at high-tide, 
where the natives remain until the ebb. The Ducks are then 
left grounded on the naked coast, and are thus easily de- 
spatched with clubs. 
This Eider formerly nested on the islands in the Bay of Fundy, 
but in lecent years has not been known to breed to the southward 
of the St, Lawrence, though it does not range north of Labrador 
During the winter months it is found in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 
and along the Atlantic coast as far as Delaware. Examples are 
seen occasionally on the Great Lakes. 
Mr. Thomas A. Jaggar, who visited Labrador in 1890, told me 
that he found a number of the nests of this species, and that they 
invariably contained four eggs. 
GREENLAND EIDER. 
SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA BOREALIS. 
CuAR . — Almost similar in coloration to S’, dresseri, but differing in 
the shape of the wedge-like characters of the bill. 
Nest and Eggs. Similar to dresseri. 
The birds found breeding in Greenland were formerly supposed 
to be of the European race, — typical mollissimaj but within a 
few years it has been discovered that there was sufficient differ- 
ence to warrant a separation, there being a .slight distinction in the 
coloration and in the shape of the bill. 
In habits these Greenland birds do not differ from their more 
southern allies. Mr. Hagerup states that large numbers winter 
near the open water in South Greenland, arriving there chiefly from 
the northward. 
KING EIDER. 
SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS. 
Char. Top of head pearl gray, shading to deeper on the nape; a 
black line bordering the base of the bill, which is formed like a shield, 
cheeks white, with patches of green ; neck, u|tper back, and shoulders 
white ; lower back black ; wings and tail dark brown ; two lines of black 
from the chin form a chevron on the throat ; breast white, tinged with 
