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SMEW. 



LOUGH DIVER. WHITE NUN. WHITE MERGANSER. WHITE-HEADED GOOSANDER. 



PLATE CXCIX. PIG. I. 



Mergus albellus, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



THE nest of the Smew 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 are said to be eight or ten, or from that to fourteen in 

 number, and of a yellowish white colour. 



