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nealli and the neck, white, slightly tinged with rose-colour. 

 The young and the females Mcrg. castor, Enl. 953; Frisch, 

 191; Naum. 61, f. 93, B, are grey with a red head. 



Merg. serrator, L.; Hark huppe; Enl. 207; Edw. 95; Naum. 

 I, c. 61, f. 90; Wils. VIII, Ixix, 2. (The Red-breasted Mergan- 

 ser.) Bill and feet red; the body variegated with black, white, 

 and brown; head of a black-green; a pendent tuft on the occi- 

 put. The young and the females, Harles noirs, H. a manteau 

 noir; Naum. 62, f. 95, have a brown head. 



M. albelliis, L.; La Piefte; Enl. 449; Frisch, 172; Naum. 63, 

 f. 97; Brit. Zool. pi. N. 1; Wils. VIII, xci, 9. (The Smew.) 

 Bill and feet blue; body white, varied with black on the man- 

 tle; a black spot near the eye, and one on the occiput. The 

 young males and the females, Merg, minutus, mustelinus, &c. 

 Enl. 450; Brit. Zool. pi. N. 2; Naum. 63, f. 98, are grey with 

 a red head.(l) 



(1) Among- the Mergansers foreign to Europe, the only ones well ascertained 

 are the M. cucuUattis of Carolina, Enl. 935 and 936, and the M. brasiliensis, Vieill. 

 Gal. 283. 



