152 ANATIDA& 
Though frequenting fresh as well as salt waters. the 
flesh is distinctly disagreeable in flavour. 
Flight.—The flight is much more powerful than that of 
the ordinary Diving Ducks. 
Voice.—The note is rough and unmusical and sounds 
hike karr-karr. 
Nest.—The Goosander breeds in holes in trees or in the 
ground, and in some cases the nest is built in the shelter 
of nooks and crevices formed by overhanging banks and 
ledges of rock. In Denmark and other Continental 
countries this species sometimes builds in nesting-boxes set 
up by the natives for various kinds of Ducks (Saunders). 
Fic. 18.—GOOSANDER. 
The eggs, eight to thirteen in number, are creamy- 
white. Incubation begins about the end of April or the 
first week in May. 
In Scotland the Goosander has bred in Sutherland, 
Perthshire, Argyll, Ross, and perhaps in other counties 
of the Highlands. With regard to references of its 
breeding in the Outer Hebrides, see Harting, ‘ Handbook 
of British Birds,’ 1901, p. 263. 
Geographical distribution.—Abroad, this species nests 
