. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . t, and if the secondlining is taken it is said that the male then contributes thedown from his own breast. The people never disturb thenest after this, and the birds are always allowed to raise abrood. The treatment they receive on
. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . t, and if the secondlining is taken it is said that the male then contributes thedown from his own breast. The people never disturb thenest after this, and the birds are always allowed to raise abrood. The treatment they receive on the Atlantic coast of theUnited States and the Canadian provinces is in sharp contrastto this. They have escaped extinction only because many ofthem breed in the far north, where white men rarely go, andbecause these northern bu-ds are so hardy that they seek atemperate climate only in the depth of wmter, when cold andstorms make their pursuit a hardship. While here they usuallykeep well out to sea. Their food consists largely of mussels,which thev can secure in ten fathoms or more of water, andthey are so hardy, and so much at home in a storm at sea, thatthey are rarely seen in Massachusetts, except on salt are rather rarely taken on some of the larger inland lakesof New York. They fully merit the name Sea Duck which isgiven them by the PLATE v. —NEST OF EIDER a photograph by T. Gilbert Pearson. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 151 KING EIDER {Somateria spectabilis). Length. — 20 to 25 inches. Adult Male. — Top of head beautiful pearl gray, shading to deeper on thenape; a glossy black line bordering the base of the upper part of bill,which is reddish orange and formed like a shield for the forehead;cheeks pale sea green; small spot under eye, eyelid and V-shaped markon throat black; rest of head, neck, upper back and shoulders creamywhite; lower back, sides and under parts black; wings and tail darkbrown; a large white patch on fore wing; t
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