seen, out in the open, during the day. One of these is the 
goosander, which, on the lochs and rivers of Scotland, is common ; 
and it is also frequently encountered in similar situations in the 
northern counties of England. You may know him by his bottle- 
green head, which bears a crest, black back, and white wings. 
His breast is suffused with a wonderful pale salmon colour—which 
fades away within a few hours of death, leaving the breast white. 
The beak is long, pointed, and coral red. Moreover, its edges are 
armed with horny teeth. For he is a fish-eater, capturing his 
prey by diving. On the wing he is very fast, but he rises from 
the water but slowly. His mate has a reddish-brown head and 
neck, and a grey back. The second species referred to is the 
mallard, though it is only very occasionally, and by accident, 
met with during the day. Its appearance has been so well repre- 
sented in the coloured Plate that there is no need for description. 
When on the margins of lakes, large ponds, or slow-moving 
streams, keep a look-out for two very remarkable divers—the 
great-crested grebe and the dabchick. Both float low in the water, 
and may be identified at once from the fact that they have no 
tail. The great-crested grebe has a conspicuous dark chestnut- 
red frill round his neck, which can be set out like an Elizabethan 
ruff, at will, though this is rarely done save in the courting season. 
The dabchick is a small bird—rather smaller than a pigeon 
—and has no erectile ornaments. The “ grebe-flight” is 
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