RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. 253 



with salmon. Bill, legs, and feet, similar in color to those of the 

 male, but less bright in hue. Length, about 20 inches; wing, 8|; 

 tarsus, i|; culmen, 2^-. 



Young. Chin and throat, pale reddish; lower neck and upper 

 part of breast, brownish white. Base of secondaries, black, 

 forming bar across the wing. Rest of plumage, similar to that 

 of the female. 



Downy Young. Sides of head and neck, cinnamon, inclining 

 to rusty, becoming lighter on the lores, which are bordered 

 above and below with a dusky stripe. Upper parts, hair 

 brown; cheeks, spot on wing, and on each side of back and rump, 

 and also all the lower parts, yellowish white. 



