| 单词 | eider |
| 例句 | The flowers were gone; the birds flocked in great clouds, and among them were eider and old squaw ducks that kept to the rivers and beaches except when they migrated south. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A lemming screamed in death, and a flock of migrating eider ducks called out their positions to each other. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, an eider flopped out of the bushes in a tumble of flailing wings and aggrieved squawks. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z My one successful hunt with it taught me both that I don’t care for duck hunting and that eider ducks are borderline inedible. I shot a deer for Thanksgiving. Here’s why. 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z The harbor earned its name because American Indians, who summered on the island for thousands of years, hunted eider ducks by driving them into the narrow cove. On a Maine Island, Steep Bluffs and Solitude 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z This is home to wildlife found nowhere else in the US: polar bears, seals, bowhead whales and numerous fish, plus birds, such as the king eider and gyrfalcon. Jarvis Cocker: the iceman cometh 2012-06-02T19:53:37Z I found no harlequins, but did see rafts of eiders, plenty of loons, a dozen long-tailed ducks, many cormorants, a few red-breasted mergansers and a single black scoter. On a Maine Island, Steep Bluffs and Solitude 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Nearby farmers tend herds of sheep, gather down from eider ducks and hang filleted fish to dry in the sun. Iceland’s new driving route explores the remote north 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Nearby, brooding brown eiders dozed on their nests, the ducks almost merging into the heath, and black-headed gulls looked on languidly from their ground nests. Cruising the North Sea’s wild — and sometimes vanishing — Farne Islands 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The first, which peaked in March 2022, primarily affected raptors, while the second, which began in June, hit gulls and sea ducks known as eiders. Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The road would traverse a narrow isthmus densely dotted with shallow fresh water ponds that separates lagoons holding the world’s largest eel grass beds vital to emperor geese, brant and eiders. Environment: Alaskan wilderness 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The state is swimming with sea ducks, including six-pound eiders that eat their weight in mussels every day. Innovative Fish Farms Aim to Feed the Planet, Save Jobs and Clean Up an Industry’s Dirty Reputation 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Izembek Lagoon holds one of the world’s largest beds of eelgrass, a rich food source for Pacific brant geese, endangered Steller’s eider sea ducks and other migratory birds. Appeals court reverses ruling halting Alaska refuge road 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The culprit was avian cholera, a disease not previously detected in these high latitudes, and one that elsewhere rarely fells seabirds such as thick-billed murres, auklets, common eiders, northern fulmars and gulls. Unprecedented die-offs, melting ice: Climate change is wreaking havoc in the Arctic and beyond 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z One matched what was circulating in terns, while the other resembled what was circulating in a broader array of birds, including gulls and eiders. Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Located in Canada’s Hudson Bay, this spit of land—just a bit bigger than New York City’s Grand Central Station—hosts up to 8000 sea ducks, or eiders, every summer. Hungry polar bears are struggling to hunt seabird eggs 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z The season for sea ducks, including scoters, eiders and long-tailed ducks, ends on Jan. 16. Maine duck hunting seasons ending for the winter 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z The final plan also includes projects benefiting common eiders and other coastal birds. Oil spill settlement money to aid in loon restoration 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z The document notes that geese, swans and common eiders might benefit from longer summers and more ice-free days. Drilling Could Cause Extinctions in Alaskan Refuge, Government Plan Says 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The island is an important nesting site for puffins and eider ducks, and is also home to Iceland's only windmill - a protected monument that dates back to the 1860s, that was in operation until 1917. Locals want Iceland to buy their island 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z For now, only 30% of the eider colonies in Canada are visited by polar bears. Hungry polar bears are struggling to hunt seabird eggs 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z They’re sometimes home to threatened or endangered species, Andresen added, like the spectacled eider, an Arctic sea duck that prefers to nest near shallow ponds or lakes. Arctic Lakes Are Vanishing by the Hundreds 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Shetterly also takes a seaweed cooking class, visits a factory for “Kelp Krunch bars” and travels with a biologist who studies how baby eider ducks depend on seaweed to survive. Essential Seaweed, the History of Cardiology, Neil deGrasse Tyson on Astrophysics and War and Other New Science Books 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z Currently, only two of those species are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act: the Steller’s eider and the spectacled eider. Drilling Could Cause Extinctions in Alaskan Refuge, Government Plan Says 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Her main focus is on the brown seaweeds, including Ascophyllum nodosum, which grows along rocky shores and provides habitats for many creatures, including vulnerable young fish and eider ducks. Review | An homage to seaweed and a plea for wise management of this valuable resource 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z "But if you look into it for 20 years, the eiders will probably move around." Hungry polar bears are struggling to hunt seabird eggs 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z In winter, tens of thousands of the threatened Steller’s eider sea ducks stay there and molt. Zinke signs land-swap deal allowing road through Alaska’s Izembek wilderness 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z In winter, tens of thousands of the threatened Steller’s eider sea ducks stay in Izembek and molt. Interior Department strikes land swap deal with Alaskan village for road through national wildlife refuge 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z In winter, tens of thousands of the threatened Steller’s eider sea ducks stay and molt there. Interior looks at behind-the-scenes land swap to allow road through wildlife refuge 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z They include the 150-square-mile Izembek Lagoon, which provides one of the world’s largest beds of eelgrass, a rich food source for Pacific brant, endangered Steller’s eiders and other migratory birds. Alaska village pins hopes for road through federal refuge on Trump 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The murre hunt has a long tradition in Newfoundland, where seabirds, from great auks to eiders, provided sailors with much-needed protein after the long voyage from Europe. Hunting ‘Turr’ in Newfoundland’s Frigid Waters 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z But that hasn't been good news for some of their prey, including other vulnerable birds, such as eiders. Watch a Photographer Rescue an Eagle From Thick Mud 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Studies by Öst and his colleagues support a link between the white-tailed eagle boom and declining eider populations in the Baltic, which are considered vulnerable in Europe by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Can There Be Too Many Eagles? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The list includes bird species such as Arctic terns, common eiders, Atlantic puffins and short-tailed shearwaters and mammals such as beluga whales, ringed seals and Atlantic white-sided dolphins. Animals are showing up in really strange places – this is the surprising reason why 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The agency says it's unlikely a subpopulation of Steller's eiders will re-establish itself without the introduction of captive birds. Federal officials weighing whether to reintroduce threatened sea duck to southwest Alaska 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Murres and eiders were the most available sources of winter protein until the 1960s, when electricity and refrigeration changed eating habits. Hunting ‘Turr’ in Newfoundland’s Frigid Waters 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Chris Watson says people living or visiting the area often wrongly believe eiders are tame as they are "friendly". Fish and chips 'harming' eider ducks 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z Common eider expert Markus Öst, an ecologist at Finland’s Åbo Academy University, considers “the eagle a real threat to eider populations.” Can There Be Too Many Eagles? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Dr, Rockwell described one case in which a bear ate about 1,200 eggs — of eider ducks, in this case — in four days. For Polar Bears, a Climate Change Twist 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Steller's eiders are the smallest of four eider species and average just 1.8 pounds. Federal officials weighing whether to reintroduce threatened sea duck to southwest Alaska 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z He also discovered local people liked to eat the eider ducks and their eggs. VIDEO: St Cuthbert: Father of conservation 2013-06-30T07:20:09Z The Northumberland coast is recognised as a haven for wild birds, including colonies of eiders. Fish and chips 'harming' eider ducks 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z A common eider swims with its chicks in Iceland. Can There Be Too Many Eagles? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z It boasts a three-mile-wide isthmus with lagoons on either side and is home to an endangered sea duck, Steller’s eider, as well as tundra swans, brown bears, foxes and other wildlife. Sally Jewell’s nomination as interior secretary advances 2013-03-22T02:02:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to release Steller's eiders raised in captivity at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward. Federal officials weighing whether to reintroduce threatened sea duck to southwest Alaska 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z As a result St Cuthbert introduced the world's first bird protection laws to protect the eider ducks and other sea birds nesting on the islands. VIDEO: St Cuthbert: Father of conservation 2013-06-30T07:20:09Z It boasts a three-mile wide isthmus with lagoons on either side, and is home to the endangered sea duck Steller’s eiders as well as tundra swans, brown bears, foxes and other wildlife. Interior secretary nomination becomes embroiled in fight over Alaska refuge 2013-02-24T20:39:55Z However, Helander says that increased eagle predation on eiders is a symptom, not a cause, of decline. Can There Be Too Many Eagles? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Using a camera mounted on a helicopter, scientists zoomed in to film wintering flocks of eider containing tens of thousands of individuals. Secret life of seabirds 2012-08-23T06:30:34Z Some more women completed that group; and, though merry enough, it was evident, by their demeanour, that there sat the eiders of the tribe. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z Water ran down from the roof, the doctor's sleeping bag of furs was saturated, and his luxurious eider down, God's wonderful cold defier, was "a wet swab." North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The keen-eyed critic will interfere here and say I was mistaken; for eiders are salt-water ducks that haunt only the open sea and are supposed never to enter fresh water, not even to breed. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z Nesting eiders are an easy target, as the birds tend to stay still until it's too late to escape. Can There Be Too Many Eagles? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z It is for the sake of the feathers sailors shoot these birds on the ice, for they are nearly as well feathered as an eider duck. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z We are refitting, shooting, and devouring quantities of excellent mussels; eider ducks are very abundant, but extremely shy. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z They swooped down, seized, gobbled up, and bore away to their nests the young eiders, without seeming to doubt that they were doing a fair and, to themselves, a pleasant business. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z A score of times I have hidden among the rocks of the jetty with a few wooden decoys in front of me, and watched the eiders come in to feed. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z Any one who should have seen them would have taken them for two eiders soaring with one consent below the clouds. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Best of all are the eider ducks with their soft and beautiful feathers. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z If one considers that the stretched out wings of the eider measure two feet, it seems a miracle—and love is a miracle. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Our voyagers pitied, of course, the bereaved eider mothers, despised the cormorant gulls, but gladly increased their stock of needed provisions with both. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z There the eider duck builds its nest and spends the brief summer of the Arctic. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Don’t be skear’d, I wouldn’t lift dis hand to help you eider die or live. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Seth spotted a spectacled eider — a seldom spotted sea duck — and set up a spotting scope so we could take a close-up look. Scientist at Work: Eavesdropping on Arctic Birds 2011-06-15T21:11:16Z Far away, by the open sea, there lives a pair of eider ducks, in an old quarter cask. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Coverlets of eider down, beds, or furs which could be used as such, boots, moccasins, a full supply to meet emergencies, were prepared. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z It is not just bowhead whales that use the lead to migrate north but beluga whales and, most impressive, hundreds of thousands of king and common eiders. Scientist at Work: Biodiversity in the Arctic Sky 2011-05-27T15:53:37Z The eider duck is about twice the size of the common duck, being about 2 feet 3 inches in length, 3 feet in breadth of wing, and from 6 to 7 lb. in weight. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Despite the ice-cold wind that was blowing snow horizontally as we spied on the eider, spotting this rarity was the perfect finale to a very productive and inspiring couple weeks of fieldwork. Scientist at Work: Eavesdropping on Arctic Birds 2011-06-15T21:11:16Z In Greenland also eiders are very plentiful, and it is supposed that three-fourths of the supply of down sent to Copenhagen comes from that country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z While they were drawing in the last boat, a flock of eider ducks gladdened their hearts as they flew swiftly past. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The first flocks of king eiders showed up in mid-April, with a few common eiders following soon after. Scientist at Work: Biodiversity in the Arctic Sky 2011-05-27T15:53:37Z As necessary to its early stages as down to an eider chick. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z He drew it up above his knees and gingerly clambered on to his bed; snuggled down among the pillows, thankful for the eider down. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z In appearance the eider is somewhat clumsy, though it flies fast and dives admirably. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z "The expedition allowed a unique opportunity to be in the right place at the right time, in order to find these big aggregations of spectacled eiders," Mr Wilson explains. Surprise walrus attack filmed 2010-05-12T10:21:00Z The featured birds were chosen for a specific reason with the the eider duck symbolising the sea and the yellowhammer representing the land. The smallest gallery? The toilet being used for an arts exhibition 2010-05-02T12:04:00Z December's is a picturesque suit of white eider down flannel, ornamented with holly berries and running pine. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions You sat on a wall, and watched a hawk flying and carrying an eider duck in its claws. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes Many snow birds were hatching on the Point, and we saw swans, Canada geese, eider, king, arctic, and surf ducks; several glaucous, silvery, black-headed, and ivory gulls, together with terns and northern divers. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea He suspects that predation by walruses may impact the feeding and courtship behaviour of overwintering eiders in the region. Surprise walrus attack filmed 2010-05-12T10:21:00Z Bismarck, whether he slept on eider down or on straw, arose Bismarck. The Women of Tomorrow He measured eleven feet four inches, with enormous quills and feathers, and such a bed of down the monster had concealed about his oily person, was never known nearer than an eider duck. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia You can make fine omelet from the eggs of eiders, gulls, puffins and cormorants. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North The sea here abounds in molluscæ, and many black whales were seen; also king-ducks, eiders, snow-birds, hawks, and a large moth. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Her hair was soft as eider when she tried her madder dye; Then, it had an odder odor—and was redder than the sky. The So-called Human Race Karl can, if he will, assure you that the mud at the bottom of the ditch was as soft as eider down. A Danish Parsonage Woollen cloth retains more air in its meshes than any other article except furs and eider down, and it absorbs but very little moisture. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) The ducks of the sorts known as old squaws, scoters and eiders fly under water. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North We noticed several eider ducks breaking a way through the thin ice for their young ones with their wings, and in this operation they made greater progress than we did in the boats. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea He discovered two eider ducks swimming about a fresh-water pond and acting queerly, "dipping their heads under water and keeping them there for a minute or more at a time." Ways of Nature On the way to the ship an eider sprang up from a steep ridge we were passing, and fell in a second, Bradford exclaiming, "That's the best shot to-day!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 An eider down quilt lay across the foot of the bed. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals The voice came from a wee doggie wrapped in an eider down quilt. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad Then comes the nightrobe, and next the pajama or lounging robe, which may be of anything, from flannel to eider down. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society And one day, when they were setting out to hunt eider duck on the islands, the other men took counsel, and agreed to leave Angusinãnguaq behind on a little lonely island there. Eskimo Folk-Tales Next morning the Colonel and Judge brought in four eiders,—the last for the entire voyage. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 The flinty couch we now must share Shall seem with down of eider piled, 725 If thy protection hover there. Lady of the Lake Notwithstanding my many antipathies, I went to bed, and slept soundly till the next morning, having awaked but once during the night to throw off my eider coverlet. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition I could not have slept upon a couch of eider. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West And so they sailed out to those islands, which lie far out at sea, and there they caught eider duck in snares, and gathered eggs, and were soon ready to turn homeward again. Eskimo Folk-Tales Ph—— had taken two eiders on the wing; we had six in all. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 This down, which combines warmth and lightness, gives a high market value to the eider, which, throughout Scandinavian countries is strictly protected by law and even more effectually by public opinion. Birds in the Calendar The eider appears very much like a feather mattress, but is so light, that, when used as a coverlet, you can scarcely feel the difference between its weight and that of an ordinary linen sheet. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition Innumerable ducks, chiefly of the king, eider, and long-tailed species, were flying about near the margin of the ice, besides dovekies, looms, and glaucous, kittiwake, and ivory gulls. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage Their houses were quite small, and the people themselves were dwarfs, who called the eider duck walrus. Eskimo Folk-Tales Then, "Isn't it a king eider?" he said to the Canadian, holding it up. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 What will be the ultimate effect of plucking geese's quills, and of the eider duck's abstraction of the down from her breast? Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin Every man has his ain draff poke, though some hang eider than others. The Proverbs of Scotland The down of that pr-rovident bird, the eider duck, makes a substitute for the flesh that ought to pad my poor bones. A Tar-Heel Baron That is to say, it was really nothing more than the wing of an eider duck. Eskimo Folk-Tales "Why, it's a female eider," he said, when near; "you've shot an eider on the wing!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 Then she thankfully crept home to the little cabin and stretched herself out on her cot, with the eider down comfort drawn up to her head. The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail Directly the box was opened, a dear little fat baby rolled out on to the eider down. Daisy Ashford: Her Book She and the colonel made a bustle out of newspapers, and a small sofa cushion of eider down was placed where it would do the most good. How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 Occasionally eider and pin-tailed duck were shot, as well as a few brent-geese, but these birds appeared remarkably shy and wary, although evidently here to breed. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 "Really a king eider!" murmured the Artist, as he now bent over it with bright eyes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 His clothing is made of the skins of eider ducks and, as their bellies are white and their backs are black, his clothes are spotted all over. A Treasury of Eskimo Tales The eider duck has a curious method of teaching her young ones to swim. Mamma's Stories about Birds The skua in this way commonly takes part in the plundering of every eider island. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II No, Phoebe, neery word must ’scape de lips ob eider o’ us. The Death Shot A Story Retold Not to find eiders, though, but only Saddle-Back Gulls, a crowd of which arose on our approach, and hovered about at safe, yet tantalizing distance, keeping up their monotonous, piping scream. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 It is said that three pounds’ weight of ‘eider down’ can be compressed to the size of a man’s fist, and yet is afterwards so dilatable as to fill a quilt of five feet square. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North The boxes were filled with straw and hay, and had homespun blankets or sheepskins, and eider down or feather pillows. The Land of the Long Night The walrus-hunters say that its eggs taste better than those of the common eider. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II I suddenly noticed that he did not fire at a wonderful flock of eiders which went right over our heads. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell If they could have their way, they would strip you of your clerical broadcloth and robe you in a full suit of angelic eider down. The Brentons The quantity of ‘eider down’ found in a single nest is sufficient to fill a man’s hat, and yet it will weigh only about three ounces. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North How nice it was to jump into a feather bed, and sink deep and be lost in it, and to cover myself with a quilt filled with feathers or eider down! The Land of the Long Night On Spitzbergen it is called the "Greenland eider," on Greenland the "Spitzbergen eider," which appears to indicate that in neither place is it quite at home. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II There were also a great number of eider ducks flying about but they failed to procure a specimen. The World of Ice Dey eider not get back, or put off again in time.” The South Sea Whaler It is in the countries of Northern Europe where the gathering of the eider down has been made an object of industry. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North The men wore square caps of red or blue flannel, filled up with eider down. The Land of the Long Night In any case it tastes much better than that of the eider. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II And I no stop eider, and den he lose four good hands. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler He eider be de god Brahma, or—” “Or what?” demanded Caspar. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Its habits are very similar to the ‘eider,’ and its down is equally soft and valuable, but it is a smaller bird. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North The sea was covered with offal; thousands of gulls were flying in every direction and feeding upon it, while great numbers of eider ducks, as tame as farm ducks, were swimming everywhere and feeding. The Land of the Long Night I have myself seen an egg of Anser berniclain an eider's nest. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Beneath her eider robe the patient earth Watches in silence for the sun: we’ll sit And gaze up with her at the changeless heaven, Until this tyranny be overpast. Daily Thoughts selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley by his wife There, he is in place—an eagle in a nest lined with down, soft as eider. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. A hawk flies 150 miles per hour; an eider duck 90 miles; a pigeon, 40 miles. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference Then I bought a square Lapp cap, the top filled with eider down. The Land of the Long Night This whale was already dying of suffocation, caused by an attempt to swallow an eider which entered the gullet, not, as the proper way is, with the head, but with the tail foremost. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II "My slumbers will be sweet as though I reposed on eider down," returned he, "if you will but assure me that my coming or words have not marred your quiet and composure." Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems The first party returned the same day with the empty sledges, and the next day two Eskimo hunting parties came in with three deer, six hares, and two eider ducks. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Other eiders—king, spectacled and Stellar's—occur in Alaska and are not pictured in this guide. Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide No sooner has the eider duck made her nest than she lines the inside of it with the softest down from her breast. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth In June we began to get eggs of the gull, eider, long-tailed duck, goose, and loom, in sufficient number for table use. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II There are more palatable things than bear or eider duck, yet I know many persons to whom snails, olive oil, and paté de fois gras are more repugnant. The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants Secondly, a white eider-down quilt—at least, that was what it seemed like—descended lightly as—as an eider quilt, and as soundlessly, out of the blue-black sky, and covered the brown rat up. The Way of the Wild King eiders occasionally are found in north Atlantic coastal waters. Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide Then comes the hunter or trader, taking away the nest, the poor bereaved female begins her task over again, and this continues as long as any eider down is to be found. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth On the other hand, no eiders were met with. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Hair seal and bear steaks were on different occasions tried at the mess on board the Corwin, but everybody voted eider duck and reindeer the preference. The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants Quilt stuffed with the down of the eider duck. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada It was not usual for any one to gain access to the eider queen's inner chambers without first obtaining permission, from Atossa herself, and Nehushta had never been there. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster The nest is accordingly finished, the eggs are laid, the little ones are born, and next year the harvest of eider down is again collected. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth On Novaya Zemlya, too, the eider is common. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II In addition to being very tame, game is plentiful, and it is not uncommon, off the Siberian coast, to see flocks of eider ducks darkening the air and occupying several hours in passing overhead. The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants The principal species are ... puffins, gulls, cormorants, Cornish choughs, the eider duck, auks, divers, guillemots, razor-bills, widgeons, willocks, daws, starlings, and pigeons. Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island. Later two ptarmigan were spotted, and still later an eider duck. The Eternal Maiden They sat down in the little front-room, and talked on as the mother brought the promised mug of eider. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 The eider's flesh has, it is true, but a slight flavour of train oil, but it is coarse and far inferior to that of Brünnich's guillemot. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The eider ought to be specially protected all the way up to the Pilgrims, which are only 100 miles below Quebec. Draft of a Plan for Beginning Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador The Pilgrims, 700 miles from the Atlantic, are probably the furthest inland point in the world where the eider breeds. Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 Presently the eider down and brazier were removed, and our dinner was brought in. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Perhaps you do not know what eider down is. Big People and Little People of Other Lands Only once have I seen the nest of this bird, namely, in 1873 on Axel's Islands in Bell Sound, where it bred in limited numbers together with the common eider. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II It means new business, if the eiders are once made safe in sanctuaries; for we now import our eider down from points outside of Canada. Draft of a Plan for Beginning Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Not long ago the men from a vessel in Cross harbour landed on an islet full of eiders and killed every single brooding mother. Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 When inquiry was made, he was found dead, and the coroner sat on the debris and did his exact duty, though it was no couch of eider he occupied. 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading It is the soft, fine feathers of a bird called the eider duck. Big People and Little People of Other Lands These geese are much larger than both the eider and the barnacle goose, and appear to be sufficiently strong to defend themselves against the fox. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II She was seated in her igloo sewing a garment of eider duck skins, when three rough-looking Chukches entered and, without ceremony, told her by signs that she must accompany them. Triple Spies We saw here a great number of young black guillemots, and a flock of ducks, which we supposed to be of the eider species. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 She had in her lap an eider duck which had been shot, and could only have died quite recently, for it was still warm, and she wept bitterly over it. Weird Tales from Northern Seas The baskets of white eider feathers caught his eye far off in a distant corner. The Were-Wolf Do I Northward turn— O'er the waste lands lone, Soft as eider down Are the snowflakes blown. Russian Lyrics It lay as peacefully in her hands as if they were lined with eider down. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 You shall wrap me in eider, that I may be like all the boughs and branches. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Among the realistic "Animal homes" which appeal especially to the child's mind are the hen and chickens, the downy eider ducks, the family of red foxes, and the home of the muskrat. Library Work with Children Of the women most were sorting and mixing eider feather and chopping straw to add to it. The Were-Wolf They were all drowned at sea, except one unfaithful wretch, who was more devoted to Alis the younger son than to Alexander the eider. Four Arthurian Romances The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S The flakes, drifting between the empty branches of trees along the avenue, seemed as large as walnuts; as fluffy as eider down. Violists The eider bag costs about $16.00 or $18.00, but is worth it if you are going to camp out in the mountains after August. A Woman Tenderfoot For comfort is inside more than outside; and eider down, delicious as it is, has less to do with it than some people fancy. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood Guillemots, puffins, and eider ducks sought colder latitudes; and little shrews no bigger than a hazel-nut ventured from their holes, tracing strange figures on the ground with their tiny-pointed tails. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude A flock of eider ducks once took refuge and were shot under the same overhanging rock where the terrified servant-girl concealed herself when pursued by the murderer Wagner. Sketches from Concord and Appledore The more fleecy portions of their skins are sewed together to make quilts, as soft as eider down and of a golden brown color. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru They were there by the hundreds, scattered along the lonely bays just above high-water line, where the eiders had their nests. Northern Trails, Book I. The eider duck plucks from its own breast the softest, of feather linings for its nest. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations Several varieties of ducks, uttering their different cries and calls, eider ducks, whistlers spotted redshanks, “old women,” those loquacious birds whose beak is never closed, skimmed the surface of the lake. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude But evidently Poleon meant no violence, for he allowed the passion to run from him freely until it had spent its vigor, then said to Runnion: "M'sieu, eider you are brave man or dam' fool." The Barrier Fine linen, and an eider bed As much his need as daily bread, And honour of men as much or more. Victories of Love The ducks and geese vanished, driving southward ahead of the fierce autumn gales, and only the late broods of hardy eiders were left for a little season. Northern Trails, Book I. This is the celebrated eider down, and it requires no great rapidity of movement to get it. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth We had killed nothing as yet, except a few eider ducks, and one or two ice-birds—the most graceful winged creatures I have ever seen, with immensely long pinions, and plumage of spotless white. Letters from High Latitudes The flinty couch we now must share Shall seem with down of eider piled, If thy protection hover there. The Lady of the Lake And a fit of such chilly shuddering seized her that she crept under the eider down to regain warmth. Beyond He has sent me about the eider downs. The Secret of the Night Now, as the eider duck does not select steep cliffs for her nest, but rather the smooth terraced rocks which slope to the sea, the Icelandic hunter might exercise his calling without any inconvenient exertion. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth On Saturday we went to Vedey, a beautiful little green island where the eider ducks breed, and build nests with the soft under-down plucked from their own bosoms. Letters from High Latitudes Two eiders winging the same flight, the sound in the echo, the thought in the word,—these, perhaps, are true images of their union. Seraphita Never do you tell any goot business man you are satisfied mit vat he gif you, for eider he don't believe you or else he think you are a fool. The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories His Majesty's eider downs are of the finest eider, as one of the feathers that you have shown me demonstrates. The Secret of the Night But the mystery was explained when M. Fridrikssen informed me that this tranquil personage was only a hunter of the eider duck, whose under plumage constitutes the chief wealth of the island. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth That one is the famous eider duck that provides the down, the eider-down under which our fine ladies sleep; isn't it pretty? The Magic Skin The return of the false eider downs, before evening, proves then that they hoped the substitution would pass undetected. The Secret of the Night All we found was two feathers, this morning, in the boudoir of the Empress, which leads us to think that the eider downs were taken out that way. The Secret of the Night |
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