EIDER DUCK

Jack's Reference Book for Home and Office : An Encyclopaedia of General Information: General Information · 1909 · p. 7

a bird common in th North of both hemispheres, which line ite neat with ita own feathers. Thes feathers grow specially during the breed in season and are much prized for bedding The common practice in Norway am Iceland ia to tako away the eggs an down twice, leaving the third set of egg to be hatched. [s. 131]