Birds within Ten Miles of Point 
de'Monts, Can, Conaeau & Merriaii 
118. Somateria mollissima. Eider Duck. — A permanent resident, 
but rather rare. 
Bull. N, 0.0, 7,Oot, 1882, p.240 
About the first of April a few Eider 
Ducks of both species {Somateria mollis- 
sima) and {S. sjiectabilis) were shot near^ 
St. John’s ; Mm; 
£ Jf. olw-v. . M! ^ 
O.& O. Vill, June. 1883. p. yj. 
An Ornithologist s Summer in Labrador 
M. Abbott Frazar. 
Somateria mollissima, Eider. Probably a mi- 
grant, as one specimen taken on May the 18th, 
not far from Esquimaux Point, showed a very 
clear resemblance to this species. 
O.&O. XII. Feb. 1887. p. /f 
Birds of N.E. coast of Labrador 
by Henry B. Bigelow. 
,o. Somateria borealis. Northern Eider- Abundant north of Ham- 
ilton Inlet. The eiders were usually in small flocks, ma es an e 
senarate. They breed commonly near most of the fiords. 
sep J Sn'r T-ryr .Tan.. 1902. 
