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The Eider Ducks of the New England Coast. — In view oi the general 
confusion and ignorance respecting New England Water Birds, it may be 
not amiss to call attention to the fact that two forms of the Eider Duck 
are found regularly in winter on our coast. Of these Dresser’s Eider 
(i Somateria dresser I s ) is the commoner, as well as probably the only one 
which breeds within our limits. The other, Somateria mollissima proper, 
is much less numerous, but still far from rare or accidental. It doubtless 
reaches Massachusetts, but I do not remember to have seen specimens 
from any point south of the mouth of the Penobscot River, Maine. The 
best authorities now regard dresser i as specifically distinct from mollis- 
sima . — William Brewster, Cambridge , Mass.^ ^ q Jan 1 B 85 
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