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brownish black; tertials white, edged with black; 
lower portion of the back, the sides, flanks, rump 
and upper tail-coverts grey; tail-feathers stiff, rather 
pointed, and of a uniform brownish ash-colour; 
lower part of the neck on the front and the sides 
pale chesnut-brown, streaked and otherwise varied 
with black; breast, belly and under tail-coverts 
white; legs and toes reddish orange; webs dark 
reddish brown. The females are rather smaller than 
the males, and have the head and neck behind 
reddish brown, darkest on the crown of the head, 
the occiput feathers elongated; all the back, scapu- 
lars and small wing-coverts umber-brown; greater 
coverts and secondaries dark brownish black, ending 
with white, forming two white bands: primaries and 
tertials dark brownish black; upper tail-coverts and 
tail-feathers ash-colour; neck in front mottled with 
reddish and pale brown on a white ground; all the 
under surface of the body white. Young males 
resemble the female during their first winter.” * 
Yarrell also says the eggs are of a rich reddish 
yellow or fawn-colour. 
GoosanDER, Mergus Merganser. This species, 
the males of which nearly, if not quite, equal those 
of the Redbreasted Merganser in beauty, 1s a rather 
more common visitor to our county than that bird. 
I have seen several specimens of immature males 
* Yarrell, vol. ii., p. 396. 
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