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The Smew is about the size of a Wigeon. 

 The bill is very small, and much broader 

 at the base than at the tip. The crown 

 of the head of both sexes is furnished 

 with a bushy crest, about one inch in 

 length. 



The differences between the Goosander 

 of India and the Goosander of Europe 

 and Northern Asia are very small, and I 

 do not follow Count Salvadori in keeping 

 the two races distinct. The male of the 

 Indian bird has ordinarily broader black 

 margins to the inner long secondaries ; 

 the female has the crown of the head 

 tinged with grey. 



More than thirty years ago, Gould 

 described a species of Merganser from 

 China. The bird is now in the British 

 Museum, and is the only specimen of 

 the species known. In the general colour 

 of its plumage, it resembles the female 

 of the Red-breasted Merganser. It is 

 obviously an immature male, and has 

 already acquired some black feathers on 

 the back and the double-barred wing of 

 the adult male* This species, named 

 Mergus squamatiis by Gould, is remark- 

 able in that it has the sides of the breast 

 and the sides of the body pale buff, each 

 feather with a double crescentic black 



