Reo BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
of the outside coverts of the primaries, which are 
black; primary quills black; secondaries white, 
some of them very narrowly edged with black ; lower 
part of the back, rump and tail-coverts bluish grey, 
with a dark streak on the shaft of each feather; tail 
rather a darker grey; the feathers at the back of the 
thigh to the tail-coverts pale buff, pencilled with 
black; legs and toes orange-red; webs rather darker. 
The females and young males have the head and 
upper part of the neck chesnut; back and all the 
upper parts slate-grey; wing-coverts rather paler ; 
secondary quills white; primaries black; chin white ; 
the breast and all the under parts the same colour 
as those parts in the males;* sides of the breast 
and flanks mixed with slate-grey, rather paler than 
on the back. In this plumage the Goosander is the 
“Dun Diver” or “ Sparling Fowl” of Bewick. ‘The 
young males may always be distinguished from the 
females by passing the fingers down the neck, as 
they have two enlargements in the windpipe, which 
may be easily felt, and which the females do not 
possess. 
This is the last of the Anatidsze or Ducks which 
I am able to mention. They are a very beautiful 
* Yarrell says of these parts “tinged with buff;” but im 
all the recently-killed specimens I have seen they are nearly 
as richly coloured as in the males. 
