. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ANATID^. 459. â ,â¢.v\^'^~''~'*' THE EIDER DUCK. SOMATERIA MOLLfsSIMA (LinnXUs). The Eider Duck is only a winter-visitor in somewhat small numbers to Wales and the western and southern coasts of England, but along the east side it gradually becomes more abundant north- ward, and along the coast of Northumberland, especially on the Fame Islands, it has been known for centuries as a breeding bird. In Scotland it nests in suitable localities up to the Orkneys and Shetlands; while in the Outer Hebrides it is decidedly increasing, and it breeds freel
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ANATID^. 459. â ,â¢.v\^'^~''~'*' THE EIDER DUCK. SOMATERIA MOLLfsSIMA (LinnXUs). The Eider Duck is only a winter-visitor in somewhat small numbers to Wales and the western and southern coasts of England, but along the east side it gradually becomes more abundant north- ward, and along the coast of Northumberland, especially on the Fame Islands, it has been known for centuries as a breeding bird. In Scotland it nests in suitable localities up to the Orkneys and Shetlands; while in the Outer Hebrides it is decidedly increasing, and it breeds freely on Tiree, as well as on Colonsay, Jura and Islay, and in some localities in Argyll. On the Irish coast only about thirty-six examples have been obtained, chiefly in cold weather. This species is abundant in Iceland, the Fseroes, and Norway, where it is protected by law; thence northward it can be traced to Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen and Franz Josef Land. It also breeds on both islands of Novaya Zemlya, but it is rare at the mouth of the Yenesei; while eastward it is not known to extend beyond Cape Chelyuskin, and has not been found by recent travellers at the mouth of the Lena or in Kamchatka. Bering Sea is inhabited by a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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