411 Gilmore KING EIDER (2) 1931 sometime in Aug. When the 0's moult they are unable to fly & hundreds are driven on the ice & killed. Cout Hope, Alaska ; Arctic Ocean Aug 2 on my trip to Cape Leads Thompson I flushed a ♀ eider from a small pool of water in the tundra along the lagoon + beach. It seemed smaller than a Pacific Eider, tho it may have been of that species. I located two chicks that at first merely swam into the grass + remained still. When touched however, they became frantically anxious to escape & dove in the shallow water, coming up among the grass & playing 'possum. The ♀ flown to a lagoon 75-yds away where she stayed until a rifle bullet kicked up the water close by. Saw quite a few other eiders some of which probably were King Eider. Sept.28 Unalaska, Unalaska, Aleutian Is., Alaska No. 2210 was taken at the mouth of Captain's Bay and was