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Queries and Afiswers. 



A few mornings after, I saw it again take to the water, as 

 before ; but as I remained perfectly still, I observed its un- 

 restrained actions. It was nearly four minutes in swimming 

 six yards, and appeared as if it rather enjoyed its morning's 

 bathing. I mentioned this to an old molecatcher, as I thought 

 it rather singular, who replied, " I Ve seen 'em swim across 

 rivers of a devil and all of a width." Yours, &c. — M. Tur- 

 ner, Bury St. Edmunds, May 9. 1832. 



Beply to T, K/s Queries (p. 397.) on the Windpipe, Plu- 

 mage, and Weight of the Dun Diver, — Sir, In reply to the 

 queries of T. K., p. 397., I send the following remarks, ac- 

 companied by drawings of the tracheas of our three British 

 species of Mergus. Fig, 126. represents the trachea, with 



its bronchial tubes, of ikfergus Merganser L, (the goosander), 

 the female and young of which is the common dun diver : 

 the sex may easily be distinguished, as, like the duck tribe, 

 it is the male only that has any enlargement of the trachea, 

 or any labyrinth at the end of it. The young male may 

 in general be distinguished at sight from the female by its 

 larger head and neck ; the female is also always of the 



