. American duck shooting. Duck shooting; Ducks. COMMON EIDER. Somateria mollissima h ore alls A. E. Brehm. The adult male of the common eider duck has the crown deep black—split behind in the middle line by a strip of white or greenish-white—and reaching forward from the eye to the bill. The upper part of the back of the neck and the feathers back of the ears are pale green. The rest of the head and neck, with the fore-breast, back, scapulars, wing-coverts, tertiary feathers and sides of rump, white, often tinged with yellow or creamy buff. The breast is sometimes pink tinted. The other under
. American duck shooting. Duck shooting; Ducks. COMMON EIDER. Somateria mollissima h ore alls A. E. Brehm. The adult male of the common eider duck has the crown deep black—split behind in the middle line by a strip of white or greenish-white—and reaching forward from the eye to the bill. The upper part of the back of the neck and the feathers back of the ears are pale green. The rest of the head and neck, with the fore-breast, back, scapulars, wing-coverts, tertiary feathers and sides of rump, white, often tinged with yellow or creamy buff. The breast is sometimes pink tinted. The other under parts, the greater wing-coverts, secondaries, mid- dle of rump and upper tail-coverts, black; quills of the wing and tail, brownish-black; bill, dull orange-yellow; legs and feet, orange. 200. 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 Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938. New York, Forest and stream pub. co
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