. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. SfiltTII nilfltS. <n The American Elder breedH along the Atlantic coast of North America from Maine to Northern Labrador. On Orand Manan and Home of th" Hmoller Islands In that vicinity this duck formerly nested In great numbers, but from constant perse- cution Its numbers havebeen greatlydlmlnlshed. A female speclmenof thisspeclesln my collection " taken November 11, 1895, at tht Licking County Reservoir (Ohio) by William Hu It Is one of the most characteristic summer ducks
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. SfiltTII nilfltS. <n The American Elder breedH along the Atlantic coast of North America from Maine to Northern Labrador. On Orand Manan and Home of th" Hmoller Islands In that vicinity this duck formerly nested In great numbers, but from constant perse- cution Its numbers havebeen greatlydlmlnlshed. A female speclmenof thisspeclesln my collection " taken November 11, 1895, at tht Licking County Reservoir (Ohio) by William Hu It Is one of the most characteristic summer ducks of Labrador and Newfoundland. Mr. Frazar found this Elder breeding eommonly on small Islands on the coast of Labrador, making the nest In the short, soft grass. The favorite nesting place was at the foot of some large rock, or In the nooks between rocks, where the birds found shelter from the wind. They were always made of the slate-colored down from the breasts of the birds. Most Oi the nests contained four or five eggs; a large number of six, two seven and one eight.* The eggs are from four to ten In number, but often fewer; they are plain duil-greenlsh-dralf; measur- ing about 3x2. 161. PACIFIC EIDEB. Sumatrrin r-niflra Gray. Geog. Dist.—Coasts of the Korth Pacific; in the interior to the Great Slave I^ake. and Eastern Siberia. The Pacific Elder is common In suitable places on both coasts and islands of Bering Sea and the polar coasts of Siberia; replacing the Common Elder, X. moUmlma, Spectacled and Steller's Eiders. Dr. Stejneger Says it is now rather scarce on the Com- mander Island. On Copper Island it breeds only in a few places, and in limited numbers. It breeds on the Aleutian Islands, the Island of St. Michael's, and in great numbers on the Arctic coast, near the mouth of the Anderson River. Its nesting habits are the same as thoee of S, drcsscri, and the eggs measure from to long by to 161. Pacific Eidbr. 162. KIXQ EIDEB. f^omaterln sp
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