BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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white; scapulars and innermost secondaries, black; pri- 

 maries, brown ; rump, tail-coverts, and lower parts (except 

 a white patch on flanks), black ; irides, yellow ; bill and 

 naked elevated basal tubercule, rich orange, the latter bor- 

 dered with black ; upper throat has a V-shaped mark of 

 black ; legs and feet, orange. Length, from twenty-two to 

 twenty-four inches. 



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The Hooded Merganser (A/crx^iis cucullatiis, Linnceus) is a 

 rare nomadic autumn and winter migrant to the British 

 Islands, and is also found inhabiting the Northern Nearctic 



