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of the two. One distinguishing mark of this sea bird is it's nose, or knob, that rises almost vertically from the bill just above the nostrils. The color of this knob is bright yellow, bordered by fine black feathers at its base. The ridge of the nose has stripe tapering to the bill of the same fine black feathers.
 There is a rough triangle formed by the eye base of the bill. and the base of the skull The color of this triangle is light green. From the chin to the base of the skull is a stripe, again of fine black feathers. The eye is black with a border of fine black feather on the bottom lid and a stripe of white on the upper lid.
 The crown of the head from the base of the skull to the top of the nose is solid lightish pastel blue. The bill at the base is bright red, blending into grayish white at the tip. To complete the coloring of the head of the King Elder is a white stripe around the neck.
 The majestic King Elder and it's mate, brown speckled female, tra- vel in the same formation with the Pacific Elder. There seem to be a close kinship between the two spe- cies. They intermix in flight and on water.
 Great Controversy
 The extent of the importance of the cider duck to the Eskimos can- not be denied. This was dramatic ally illustrated in May. 1861 at Bar row, Alaska when the Eskimo cider duck hunters of that town rose up in force to protest the application of a duck season law. Two hunters had been arrested by Fish and Wildlife agents for shooting ducks out of season.
 Ask Mass Arrest
 
 On Sunday around the last of May the Eskimos of Barrow held general meeting and decided course of action - to go enmasse to local hotel to be arrested by the two wildlife agents who were staying there.
 On the following Monday, 138 men, each carrying duck, descend ed upon the hotel.
 Such was the story of people who rose up in defense of way of life they have enjoyed for thou sands of years. The attempt to ex- tinguish that right was too dras- tic way of life that had been a definite factor in their survival down through the ages.
 Elder ducks - the unique sea birds that migrate along the far flung beaches of Alaska and Cana da, have meaning that is more than the nourishment they provide the Eskimos. Their appearance each spring is a hamburger of better life - tonic for their well-being.
 The swarmlng multitudes of them, their cries in the Arctic air, the swish of their flights - these things that are uniquely have a precious niche in completing the cycle of the North ern World Something or someone, has placed them to round out the scheme of things in the Arctic country In doing so, they have be- come an integral part of way of | life an integral facet that has aided the existence of man in Alas ka and Northern Canada.
 One-Shot Chance
 The shadow of enforcement by | wildlife agents still hangs over Es- kimos who hunt cider ducks for food each spring. In many areas natives get only one-shot chance at cider ducks. To illustrate this point: at Point Hope the elders mi grate right over or along the near by beach near the village.
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