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 | | Length two feet; the bill, from the tip to the protuberance on the upper mandible, one inch and an eighth; that, as well as the rest of the bill, is of an orange colour. |
 | | These birds are common in Baffin's Bay, Hudson's Bay, and Greenland,* where they remain until driven from their northern haunts by the frost, when they migrate to more southern climes, and are then met with in Zetland and the Orkney isles. |
 | | They are said to build on the sides of ponds and rivers; the nest is made of sticks and moss, and lined with their own down and breast feathers, like the Eider Duck's, and their down is said to be equally valuable: they lay four large whitish eggs. |
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