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NATATORES. 



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THE GOOSANDER. 



Mergus merganser, 



,, castor, 



,, merganser, 



, , castor, 



,, merganser, 



,, castor, 



„ merganser, 



jy if 



The Goosander, 

 ,, Dundiver, 

 ,, Goosander, 

 ,, Dundiver, 

 ,, Goosander, 

 ,, Dundiver, 



Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 211. 



>> >J >> 71 ^lo. 



Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 266. 

 >i ?> >> 2oy. 



,, Green-headed Goosander, Flem. Brit. An. p. 128. 

 The Goosander, Seluv, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 375. 

 ,, „ Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 248. 



,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. i. 



Grand Harle, Temm. Man. d'Ornith, vol. ii. p. 881. 



The Goosander, the largest of the British Mergansers, 

 a male and female of which are figured above, is rather to 

 be considered as a winter visiter only to our islands, althoujrh 

 a small number remain to breed annually among the lochs 

 in some northern localities to be hereafter pointed out. 



