DUCK-LIKE DIVING BIRDS. 



GOOSANDER.— Plate 99. 26 inches. Head, slight 

 crest, and upper neck dark green ; upper back black ; 

 remaining upper parts ashy-gray ; tail ash -brown ; 

 larger flight-feathers ash-gray ; remainder of wing 

 white, the feathers partially tipped or bordered with 

 black ; lower neck and under parts white, flushed 

 with pale salmon, but becoming grayish- white towards 

 the tail ; bill long, narrow, hooked at the end, full 

 red ; feet also red. Female : head, crest, and upper 

 neck light chestnut ; upper parts ash-gray ; under 

 parts white. Resident and winter migrant. 



Eggs.— 8-13, bufly-white; 2-6 ^ 1-8 inches (plate 

 132). 



Nest. — Of weeds and moss, lined with down from 

 the bird, and placed in a hole in a tree- trunk or on 

 a ledge of rock, usually near to water. 



Breeding to some extent in the Highlands of Scot- 

 land, the Goosander is better known as a winter 

 visitor occurring plentifully on the west of Scotland, 

 and occasionally on the English and Irish coasts. It 

 is of a slimmer build than is usually associated with 

 the name of Duck, having long and slender bill and 

 neck. The feet being set far back, the bird stands 

 erect as compared with an ordinary Duck. Feet 

 so placed indicate uncommon swimming and diving 

 powers, and the Goosander belongs to a type of 



