. A history of British birds. By the Rev. Morris .. . and in other parts, and advances southward inwinter as far as New York; also in Greenland. It occursin Asia, namely, in Siberia and Kamtschatka. AVith us it is of but rare occurrence. One specimen wasprocured the first week in January, 1855, at Lowestoft, inNorfolk; another, a female, had been shot on Breydon, nearYarmouth, July 25th., 1813. In Suffolk, one was killed atAid borough. In Ireland it is mentioned as extremely rare, but hasoccurred. One of these birds was shot in 1850, by ArthurDymoke Bradshaw, Esq., as he has informed me,
. A history of British birds. By the Rev. Morris .. . and in other parts, and advances southward inwinter as far as New York; also in Greenland. It occursin Asia, namely, in Siberia and Kamtschatka. AVith us it is of but rare occurrence. One specimen wasprocured the first week in January, 1855, at Lowestoft, inNorfolk; another, a female, had been shot on Breydon, nearYarmouth, July 25th., 1813. In Suffolk, one was killed atAid borough. In Ireland it is mentioned as extremely rare, but hasoccurred. One of these birds was shot in 1850, by ArthurDymoke Bradshaw, Esq., as he has informed me, I believeon the Lough of Belfast. In Orkney it is a rare occasional visitant, and has beenknown formerly to breed on Papa Westray. This species frequents the open ocean, and also its bays,inlets, and the mouths of rivers. In the winter they do not go far south, but assemble,according to the report of Captain James C. Eoss, , inlarge flocks, the males by themselves, and the females withthe young, and often in the open sea, far distant from anj li. ill. KING DUCK. 45 land—a life on the ocean wave. The down is almost asmuch esteemed as that of the Eider Duck by the Greenlanders,by whom also the bird is considered as an excellent one toeat, The King Eider is usually sociable, and even neighbourly,towards its congener, except during the breeding-season, whenthe male bird is too irritable and quarrelsome to be enduredin company with the peaceful Eider: when one of this speciesmingles among the encampment of the Eider Ducks, thepersons interested in their welfare are obliged to destroy it. They feed on Crustacea and marine insects. The nest of the King Duck, placed on rocks near thesea, is lined with the down of the female, and composedexternally of sea-weeds or sticks, with grass or mosses. The eggs are of a pale green colour. They appear to befrom four to six in number. The male bird leaves the careof them to the hen, and repairs to the sea. In some parts of America, Wilson sa
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