. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . i]uin Duck Labrador 156. Labrador Duck. Camptorhynchus labradorius. This bird, whose range was from Labrador to New Jersej in the winter,has probablj been extincl since 1875, when the last authentic capture was made. It is a strange fact that a bird of this character should have I n completelj exterminated, even though thej were often sold in the markets. Onlj tortj ■ specimens are known to be preserved at present and nothing i known in regar
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . i]uin Duck Labrador 156. Labrador Duck. Camptorhynchus labradorius. This bird, whose range was from Labrador to New Jersej in the winter,has probablj been extincl since 1875, when the last authentic capture was made. It is a strange fact that a bird of this character should have I n completelj exterminated, even though thej were often sold in the markets. Onlj tortj ■ specimens are known to be preserved at present and nothing i known in regard to their nesting habil or eggs. / i*3^ 101 THE BIRD BOOK. 157- Stellers Duck. Polysticta stelleri. Range.—Arctic regions in America, chiefly onthe Aleutian Islands and northwest coast ofAlaska. A very beautiful species eighteen inches long;head white, washed with greenish on the fore-head and nape; chin, throat, neck, back, tail andcrissum, black; underparts chestnut; wing cov-erts white, the long scapulars black and breeds on the rocky coasts and islands ofBering Sea. The six to nine eggs are pale olivegreen in color. Size x Data.—Admir-alty Bay, Alaska, June 22, 1898. Nest on a hum-mock of the tundra, near a small pool, lined withgrass and down. Collector, E. A. Mcllhenny. 158. Spectacled Eider. Arctonetta fischeri. Range.—Coast of Alaska from the Aleutiansto Point Barrow.
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