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it, and was surprised to see two young ones, which it seems 

 had been concealed beneath the wings of the parent bird, ' 

 drop upon the water. I afterwards shot several other birds 

 of this species, all of which dived with their young under 

 their wings. The young were placed with their heads 

 towards the tail, and their bills resting on the back of the 

 parent bird." 



Mr. Morgan's bird, killed in May, in the plumage of the 

 breeding-season, has the beak black, both mandibles of 

 horn-coloured white at the tip ; forehead and crown black ; 

 irides vermilion-red, with a very narrow white ring ; from 

 the base of the upper mandible to the eye, and from thence 

 for the space of an inch behind the eye, the feathers are of 

 a rich yellowish-chestnut, the latter elongated, forming a 

 tuft ; from the chin the feathers on the throat, cheeks, and 

 sides of the neck, are also elongated, forming a ruff of rich 

 dark brown ; back of the neck, and all the upper surface of 

 the body dark brown ; the secondaries of the wings alone are 

 white, but scarcely seen unless the wings are extended ; 

 neck in front rich reddish-chestnut, becoming rather darker 

 towards the bottom ; breast and belly shining silvery-white ; 

 sides under the wings, and the flanks dusky, mixed with 

 some chestnut streaks ; legs and toes dark greenish brown 

 outside, varied with yellowish-green on the edges and inner 

 surface. The whole length of the bird is rather more than 

 thirteen inches. From the carpal joint to the end of the 

 wing five inches and a half. 



In winter the beak and irides as described in summer ; 

 the upper part of the head dark brown ; the lower part with 

 the chin pure white, a line from the gape to the eye, and 

 from thence along the lower edge of the ear-coverts, being 

 the line of division between the two colours ; back of neck 

 and upper surface of the body dark brown ; lower part of the 

 neck in front greyish-white ; under surface of body and legs 

 as in summer. 



The figure of the male in summer plumage in the illus- 

 tration at the head of this subject was taken from Mr. 

 Morgan's bird, and the Author's note made on an examina- 



