. A history of British birds . KING EIDER. ANSERES. 463 So:\rATEKiA sPECTABiLis (Linnffius*). THE KING EIDER. Somateria spectabilis. The King Eidek or King Duck has a less southern breed-ing-range than the preceding species, and its appearanceson the coasts of the British Islands are rare and is, naturally, more uncommon in the south than in thenorth, and, as regards England, the genuine instancesmay easily be counted. The authenticity of a King Eidermentioned by Messrs, Paget on the authority of Mr. LilyWigg, as having been killed at Breydon in Norfolk, in July1813, is
. A history of British birds . KING EIDER. ANSERES. 463 So:\rATEKiA sPECTABiLis (Linnffius*). THE KING EIDER. Somateria spectabilis. The King Eidek or King Duck has a less southern breed-ing-range than the preceding species, and its appearanceson the coasts of the British Islands are rare and is, naturally, more uncommon in the south than in thenorth, and, as regards England, the genuine instancesmay easily be counted. The authenticity of a King Eidermentioned by Messrs, Paget on the authority of Mr. LilyWigg, as having been killed at Breydon in Norfolk, in July1813, is more than doubtful; and the same may be said ofa bird said to have been killed at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, in 1827,and another at Lowestoft in 1854. Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun.,has a female which was obtained, freshly killed, in Leaden- * Anas spectabilis, Lintseus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 195 (1766). 464 hall Market on the 17th November, 1870, by Mr. Gatcombe;and the latter states that some years ago he saw an imma-ture bird in Plymouth market. A record in Th
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