Peninsula, and its range extends across Bering Sea to
Alaska. It has occurred in Greenland. I quote verbatim
from the 4th ed. of * Yarrell ’ with regard to the
nest and eggs of this species. “ VonMiddendorff describes
the nest of Steller’s Eider as cup-shaped and lined with
down placed in the moss of the flat ‘ tundras ’ : the
eggs, seven to nine in number, are of a pale greenish-
grey colour; average measurements 2-2 by T6 in. It
is stated that this species flies in flocks, and never enters
the mouths of rivers. Its food consists of marine insects'
and mollusks, and its cry is said to resemble that of the
Common Teal, but is harsher.”—“ Steller’s Eider has
been observed occasionally at Heligoland; there are two
records of its occurrence in Denmark, in the Baltic it is
not uncommon, and one specimen is stated to have been
obtained in 1855 between Calais and Boulogne.”
