. American game birds . EIDER ( $ , 9 )PACIFIC EIDER. KING EIDERS {Somatcria spectabilis)are found throughout the northern parts ofthe Northern Hemisphere, breeding in Arcticregions and wintering in America, southregularly to the Great Lakes, Long Islandand the Aleutian Islands. They are hand-some birds, as may be seen from the illustra-tion, having more black in the plumagethan the other Eiders and having a verylarge and prominent frontal process at thebase of the bill. The female is slightlygrayer than the other species, but can best beidentified by the fact that the feathers on thesides of
. American game birds . EIDER ( $ , 9 )PACIFIC EIDER. KING EIDERS {Somatcria spectabilis)are found throughout the northern parts ofthe Northern Hemisphere, breeding in Arcticregions and wintering in America, southregularly to the Great Lakes, Long Islandand the Aleutian Islands. They are hand-some birds, as may be seen from the illustra-tion, having more black in the plumagethan the other Eiders and having a verylarge and prominent frontal process at thebase of the bill. The female is slightlygrayer than the other species, but can best beidentified by the fact that the feathers on thesides of the bill come far short of reachingthe nostrils. This seems to be even more ex-clusively a sea duck than the others and israrely found inland. It is of about the samesize as other Eiders, namely, 22 or 23 in. inlength. SCOTER (Oidcmia americana). This isthe smallest of the so-called Sea Coots, be-ing about 18 in. in length. Because of theslightly enlarged, bright yellow, basal portionof the bill, it is very often termed the But-ter-bill. This specie
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