. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA DRESSERI : EIDER DUCK. 325 It is exclusively maritime, and not abundant at any season, though very common further east and north, being one of the most characteristic summer birds of Labrador and Newfoundland. The nest is built on the. Fig. 69. — Eider Ducks. ground, and consists chiefly of mosses, lichens, hay, and seaweed, to which are added the feathers which the bird plucks for that purpose; the eggs are six to ten in number, but often fewe
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA DRESSERI : EIDER DUCK. 325 It is exclusively maritime, and not abundant at any season, though very common further east and north, being one of the most characteristic summer birds of Labrador and Newfoundland. The nest is built on the. Fig. 69. — Eider Ducks. ground, and consists chiefly of mosses, lichens, hay, and seaweed, to which are added the feathers which the bird plucks for that purpose; the eggs are six to ten in number, but often fewer, plain dull greenish-drab, meas- uring about by They are laid usually in June and the early part of 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 Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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