. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . ntain region of Oregon, andnorthward to Alaska. In the East it is quite common during themigrations, though perhaps more numerous in the interior thanon the lakes and streams adjacent to the coast, and breedingchiefly in the Hudson Bay region north of latitude 50 a strictly freshwater bird, it is rarely found along thesea-shore, though I have met with stragglers occasionally nearthe mouths of streams which empty into the Bay of Fundy. I cannot indorse Nuttalls statement that the males are rarelyseen in the autumn
. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . ntain region of Oregon, andnorthward to Alaska. In the East it is quite common during themigrations, though perhaps more numerous in the interior thanon the lakes and streams adjacent to the coast, and breedingchiefly in the Hudson Bay region north of latitude 50 a strictly freshwater bird, it is rarely found along thesea-shore, though I have met with stragglers occasionally nearthe mouths of streams which empty into the Bay of Fundy. I cannot indorse Nuttalls statement that the males are rarelyseen in the autumn in this region, though they do usually appearin small flocks, and separated from the females. This species ranges in winter from Kansas and Virginia south-ward to the West Indies and Central America (Chapman). Note. — A few examples of the Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyan-cpfe?a) have wandered from the Pacific slope to the valley of theMississippi and to Manitoba. Another straggler of this group —the European Teal {Anas crecca)—hzs been taken on theAtlantic -wv^vVf-N^^■^_ AMERICAN EIDER. COMMON EIDER. SEA DRESSERI. Char. Back, cheeks, and wing-coverts white ; top of head, wings, tail,and belly black; patch of sea-green on sides of neck; breast rosy buff;bill of greenish color, and with long wedges of feathers extending fromthe forehead and cheeks towards the nostrils; legs dull green. The femaleis nearly uniform dull brown, mottled with paler on the breast; belly dullwhite. Length about 25 inches. Nest. Generally on a fiat and grassy ocean island, often on a bluff onthe coast, — sometimes on a heath-covered moorland; a substantialstructure of coarse marine herbage thickly lined with down. Eggs. 4-10; color varies from pale olive buff to bluish gray; The Eider Duck, remarkable for the softness of its valuabledown, seems thus purposely provided by Nature with a clothingsuited to the inclement regions in which it generally mostly
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