SMEW 



LOUGH DIVER WHITE NUN WHITE MERGANSER WHITE- 

 HEADED GOOSANDER. 



PLATE CXCIX. FIGURE I. 

 Mergus albellus> . . . PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



THE nest of the Smew, first discovered by Wolley in 

 Finnish Lapland, is made of dry grass, and lined with 

 the down of the bird itself. It is placed on the ground, 

 upon the banks of lakes and rivers, not far from the water, 

 or in a hollow in a tree. 



The eggs, said to be eight or ten in number, are cream- 

 coloured, like those of the Wigeon. 



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