. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 91 with down. In some pl0£es the Harlequins are called "Lord and Lady ; The male is second only to the Wood Duck in beauty, and the female -will hear no com- parison to the same sex of that species. The eggs are six to eight In number, rounded oval, yellowish-bufC or greenish-yellow, and measure 156. liABKADOB. DUCK. Gamptolaimus labradorius Gmel. Geog. Di-st.— Formerly Northern Atlantic coast, from New Jersey (in winter) northward, breeding from Labrador northward. Now extinct. The nest an
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 91 with down. In some pl0£es the Harlequins are called "Lord and Lady ; The male is second only to the Wood Duck in beauty, and the female -will hear no com- parison to the same sex of that species. The eggs are six to eight In number, rounded oval, yellowish-bufC or greenish-yellow, and measure 156. liABKADOB. DUCK. Gamptolaimus labradorius Gmel. Geog. Di-st.— Formerly Northern Atlantic coast, from New Jersey (in winter) northward, breeding from Labrador northward. Now extinct. The nest and eggs of this bird are unknown and the bird is extinct. The last example taken was shot near Elmira, New York, in 1878. There are, only thirty-six specimens known to be preserved in the museums of the world. The specimen rep- resented in our illustration is one which was collected by no less a person than Daniel Webster, and is figured by Audubon.* This duck was shy and difficult of approach, a strong swimmer and of rapid flight. Its extinction seems strange and unac- countable. 157. STEIiLER'S DTJCK. Eniconetta Stelleri (Pall.) Geog. Dist.—Arctic and sub-Arctic coasts of Northern Hemisphere. The summer home of Steller's Duck is in very high Arctic latitudes. It breeds in Northern Russia, in Europe and in Siberia, nesting in the latter part of June, de- positing from seven to nine eggs. It is said to breed on the inaccessible rocks of Kamtschatka, on the islands of Bering Sea, and sparingly on some of the Aleutian Islands. In its habits it resembles the Common Eider. The nest is placed on the ground and is made of grass, thickly lined with down and feathers from the breast of the bird. Dr. Coues says the bird is not yet common in collections, though abound- ing and sometimes gathering in enormous flocks on the islands and both shores of Bering Sea and the Arctic coast of Northeastern Siberia. It winters mainly on the Aleutian Islands, and is usually found in company with
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