found in the County of Suffix. 29 



No. 151. — Dun Diver. Mergus C aft or. •% 



No. 152. — Red-breafted Goofander. Mergus ferraior. > 

 No. 153. — Minute Merganfer. Mergus minutus. J 



I have feen all thefe birds ; they were killed on our fea-coaff. in 

 the winter. 



No. 160. — The Bean Goofe. AnasSegetum. Lath. Orn. 1 1. p. 843. 

 n. 28. 



On the 8th of December 1796 three of thefe birds were feen near 

 the fea-fhore at Bexhill, two of which were (hot, and one of them, 

 having only its wing broken, was alive when 1 received it. When 

 I attempted to touch it, it pecked at my hand, and hiffed exadly 

 like the common tame. Goofe. 



The largeft of the two meafured from the tip of the bill to the 

 end of the tail two feet three inches; and from tip to tip of the 

 wings when extended, four feet fix inches. Its weight was three 

 pounds and fifteen ounces; but the other, which was fmaller, 

 weighed only three pounds. Its bill was of a pale red,, tinged with 

 dufky on the tip and fides : its head, neck, back, wings and tail 

 were of a light alh-coloured brown, mottled with darker brown, 

 the center of each feather being darkeft : the rump and tips of the 

 wing-coverts and tail were white; and the leiTer wing-coverts, and 

 baftard wing, of a light a(h or flate colour, tipped with black; and 

 the great quills dufky black : the whole under-fide was of a dull 

 white, clouded with light afh-brown, paled towards the belly and 

 vent, which were of a dull white. Its legs and feet were webbed, 

 and of a dirty yellow, with black claws. 



Notwithstanding there was a confiderable difference in the weight 

 and dimenfions of thefe two birds, yet I fufpect that they were both 

 young birds of the laft fummer, becaufe even the largeft was inferior 



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