. An illustrated manual of British birds . ^•^^^^ ^^^M^^. A.^^K^^^^ ■-^^^ THE eii)p:r duck. SOMATKRIA MOLLISSIMA (LinnXHls). The Eider Duck is only a winter-visitor in comparatively smallnumbers to the western and southern coasts of England, but alongthe east side it gradually becomes more abundant as we proceednorthwards. On the Fame Islands, and along the coast of North-umberland, it has been known for centuries as a breeding bird ;while in Scotland it is found in suitable localities up to the Orkneysand Shetlands, though local in Sutherlandshire. In the OuterHebrides it is decidedly on the
. An illustrated manual of British birds . ^•^^^^ ^^^M^^. A.^^K^^^^ ■-^^^ THE eii)p:r duck. SOMATKRIA MOLLISSIMA (LinnXHls). The Eider Duck is only a winter-visitor in comparatively smallnumbers to the western and southern coasts of England, but alongthe east side it gradually becomes more abundant as we proceednorthwards. On the Fame Islands, and along the coast of North-umberland, it has been known for centuries as a breeding bird ;while in Scotland it is found in suitable localities up to the Orkneysand Shetlands, though local in Sutherlandshire. In the OuterHebrides it is decidedly on the increase, and is very common aboutColonsay and Islay; but it is not known to breed on the mainlandof Argyll, Ayr, or Wigton. On the Irish coast it is very rare, evenin cold weather, and only from twelve to fifteen examples have beenobtained. This species is abundant in the Faeroes and Norway, where it isprotected by law; and northward it can be traced to Jan Mayen,Spitsbergen and Franz-Josef Land. It also breeds in Novaya Zemlya,but to the eastward it
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