. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. '->*(N,//vV-i«''' ' AMERICAN EIDER. COMM(X\ EIDER, SEA DUCK. DRKSSERI. CiiAR. Back, cheeks, and wing-coverts white ; to]) of head, wings, tail, and belly l)lack ; patch of sea-green on sides of neck; breast rosy buff; bill ol greenish color, and with long wedges of feathers extending from the forehead and cheeks towards the nostrils; legs dull green. The female is nearly uniform dull brown, mottled w
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. '->*(N,//vV-i«''' ' AMERICAN EIDER. COMM(X\ EIDER, SEA DUCK. DRKSSERI. CiiAR. Back, cheeks, and wing-coverts white ; to]) of head, wings, tail, and belly l)lack ; patch of sea-green on sides of neck; breast rosy buff; bill ol greenish color, and with long wedges of feathers extending from the forehead and cheeks towards the nostrils; legs dull green. The female is nearly uniform dull brown, mottled with paler on the breast; belly dull white. Length about 25 inches. yVi'.fA Generally on a flat and grassy ocean island, often on a bluff on the coast, — sometimes on a heath-covered moorland; a substantial structure of coarse marine herbage thickly lined with down. A'j,;Vj'. 4-10; color varies from pale olive but! to bluish gray; X The Eider Duck, remarkable for the softness of its valuable down, seems thus purposely provided by Nature with a clothing suited to the inclement regions in which it generally dwells. Living mostly out at sea. it is thus enabled to endure the sever-. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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