See also:

• EIDER
• EIDER (Icelandic, idur)

EIDER (Icelandic, idur)  , a large marine See also:

• DUCK

duck, the Somateria mollissima of ornithologists, famous for its down, which, from its extreme lightness and See also:

• ELASTICITY

elasticity, is in See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request for filling See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed-coverlets . This See also:

• BIRD

bird generally frequents See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low rocky islets near the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, and in See also:

• ICELAND (Dan. Island)

Iceland and See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway has See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been afforded every encouragement and See also:

• PROTECTION

protection, a See also:

• FINE

fine being inflicted for killing it during the breeding-See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, or even for firing a See also:

• GUN

gun near its haunts, while artificial nesting-places are in many localities contrived for its further See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation . From the care thus taken of it in those countries it has become exceedingly tame at its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief resorts, which are strictly regarded as See also:

• PROPERTY

property, and the taking of eggs or down from them, except by authorized persons, is severely punished by See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law . In See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance the See also:

• EIDER
• EIDER (Icelandic, idur)

eider is some-what clumsy, though it flies fast and dives admirably . The See also:

• FEMALE

female is of a dark reddish-See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour barred with brownish-See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black . The adult male in See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring is conspicuous by his pied plumage of See also:

• VELVET

velvet-black beneath, and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white above: a patch of shining See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green on his See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head is only seen on See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close inspection . This plumage he is considered not to acquire until his third See also:

• YEAR

year, being when See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young almost exactly like the female, and it is certain that the birds which have not attained their full See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress remain in flocks by themselves without going to the breeding-stations . The See also:

• NEST

nest is generally in some convenient corner among large stones, hollowed in the See also:

• SOIL

soil, and furnished with a few bits of dry grass, seaweed or heather . By the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time that the full number of eggs (which rarely if ever exceeds five) is laid the down is added . Generally the eggs and down are taken at intervals of a few days by the owners of the " eider-See also:

• FOLD

fold," and the birds are thus kept depositing both during the whole season; but some experience is needed to ensure the greatest profit from each commodity . Every duck is ultimately allowed to See also:

• HATCH
• HATCH, EDWIN (1835-1889)

hatch an See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg or two to keep up the stock, and the down of the last See also:

• NET

net is gathered after the birds have See also:

• LEFT

left the spot . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the See also:

• DRAKE, NATHAN (1766-1836)
• DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1545-1595)

drake's furnishing down, after the duck's See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is exhausted is a fiction .

He never goes near the nest . The eggs have a strong flavour, but are much relished by both Icelanders and Norwegians . In the Old See also:

• WORLD

World the eider breeds in suitable localities from See also:

• SPITSBERGEN (the name being Dutch is incorrectly, though commonly, spelled Spitzbergen)

Spitsbergen to the Farne Islands off the coast of See also:

• NORTHUMBERLAND
• NORTHUMBERLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN NEVILLE, EARL OF (c. 1430-1471)

Northumberland—where it is known as St See also:

• CUTHBERT, SAINT (d. 687)

Cuthbert's duck . Its See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food consists of marine animals (molluscs and crustaceans), and hence the young are not easily reared in captivity . The eider of the New World differs somewhat, and has been described as a distinct See also:

• SPECIES

species (S. dresseri) . Though much diminished in See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers by persecution, it is still abundant on the coast of See also:

• NEWFOUNDLAND

Newfoundland and thence northward . In See also:

• GREENLAND (Danish, &c., Gronland)

Greenland also eiders are very plentiful, and it is supposed that three-fourths of the supply of down sent to See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen comes from that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . The limits of the eider's See also:

• NORTHERN

northern range are not known, but the See also:

• ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic expedition of 1875 did not meet with it after leaving the Danish settlements, and its See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was taken by an allied species, the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king-duck (S. spectabilis), a very beautiful bird which sometimes appears on the See also:

• BRITISH

British coast . The female greatly resembles that of the eider, but the male has a black See also:

• CHEVRON (Fr. from chevre, a goat)

chevron on his See also:

• CHIN

chin and a See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange prominence on his forehead, which last seems to have given the species its See also:

• ENGLISH

English name . On the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west coast of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America the eider is represented by a species (S. v-nigrum) with a like chevron, but other-See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise resembling the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic bird . In the same See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters two other fine species are also found (S. fischeri and S. stelleri), one of which (the latter) also inhabits the Arctic coast of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia and See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Finmark and has twice reached See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . The Labrador duck (S. labradoria), now See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct, also belongs to this See also:

• GROUP

group .

(A .