5 6o RED HEADED SM E^W. Class II. 



the head is adorned with a long creft, white above, 



black beneath : from a little beyond the eye to the 



bill, is a large oval black fpot, glofied with green •, 



the head, neck, and whole under fide of the body 



are of a pure white ; on the lower part of the neck 



are two femilunar black lines pointing forward : the 



inner fcapulars, the back, the coverts on the ridge 



of the wing, and the greater quil-feathers are black ; 



the middle rows of coverts are white ; the next 



black, tipt with white ♦, the leffer quil feathers the 



fame •, the fcapulars next the wings white : the tail 



deep am color : the legs a bluifh grey. 



The female, or lough diver, is lefs than the 

 male. The marks in the wings are the fame in 

 both fexes : the back, the fcapulars, and the tail 

 are dufky : the head, and hind part of the neck 

 ferruginous : chin, and fore part of the neck white : 

 the bread: clouded with grey : the belly white : 

 the legs dufky. 



261 Red The Weefel Coot. Aid. av. Faun. Suec. fp. 138. 



headed. I. A 84. Tab. 88. L' Harle etoile. Brijfon at*. 



Mergus minutus. Lin, Jyji. VI. 252. 



209. Br. Zool. 148. 



Descrip. rpHIS bird weighs fifteen ounces : the length 



-*■ is one foot four inches ; the breadth one foot 



eleven inches : the bill is of a lead color : the head 



is 



