. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. L. DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 293 the male in certain stages) is rusty-brown to buffy, mottled and barred with black, the mottling including the head and throat. Both of these eiders have prac- ^P^ tically the same habits; ^t_, ^» they are true sea ducks, spending most of their time some distance from shore, diving for mus- \ sels, which form their ^L ^ ^^^ principal food. ^/&*?~*'''- ^^4k ^^L. Length, 24; wing, 11; ^^||8£--- ^^^J^k ^L tail, -4 ; tar
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. L. DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 293 the male in certain stages) is rusty-brown to buffy, mottled and barred with black, the mottling including the head and throat. Both of these eiders have prac- ^P^ tically the same habits; ^t_, ^» they are true sea ducks, spending most of their time some distance from shore, diving for mus- \ sels, which form their ^L ^ ^^^ principal food. ^/&*?~*'''- ^^4k ^^L. Length, 24; wing, 11; ^^||8£--- ^^^J^k ^L tail, -4 ; tarsus, If ; culmen, ^^^Ivfcir^i^? Bl^Bfek If. Atlantic coast of North ^^^mMg$$j^jjj^P^^^^^§ America; breeding from -r~S^§T Maine to Labrador, and ***™SPP^ '^ wintering south to New Jer- fl sey and west to the Great Lakes. American Eider 23. King Eider (162. Somath'ia spectdbilis). — A large, distinctly blotched, black- bodied duck, with mainly white head, neck, and breast. The crown is bluish-gray, cheeks somewhat green, and breast buff. There is a black band at base of upper man- dible and a V-shaped mark under the throat; white wing coverts and side of rump. The female is rusty-brown, mottled and barred with dark- er, but with head and throat almost un- streaked. The king eider can be best distinguished by the feathering at the side of the bill, which does not reach forward to the 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 Apgar, Austin Craig, 1838- [from old catalog]. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book company
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