123. THE GOOSANDER. 



Merganser me7'ganser^ (Linn^us).* 



Outer web of the primaries blackish; 

 inner web drab, with a blackish tip. 



Axillaries and under tail-coverts pure 

 white. 



Margins of the bill furnished with saw- 

 like teeth. 



No black band across the white of the 

 folded wing. 



MALE : — Head black, sharply defined 

 from the white neck ; sides of the body 

 pure white. 



FEMALE: — Head and neck chestnut- 

 brown, sharply defined from the body- 

 plumage; sides of the body grey, 

 freckled with white. 



Vernacular Names : — None known. 



The Goosander is a permanent resident 

 in the Himalayas from Kashmir to Assam ; 

 and a not uncommon winter visitor to the 

 plains of the northern part of the Empire. 



* Merganser castor and Merganser comatus of 

 the British Museum Catalogue. 



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