SMEW. 



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NATATORES. 



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THE SMEW. 



Mergus albellus. 



Mergus albellus, Smew Merganser, 

 TJie Smew, 



Lough Diver, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 216. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 276, 

 male. 



P- 278, 



female. 



White-head Goosander, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 129. 



Smew, or White Nun, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 385. 



The Smew, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 250. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Harle Piette, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. 



p. 887. 



MERGUS. Generic Characters. Bill about as long, or longer than the 

 head, straight, slender, rather pointed, the base large, forming an 

 elongated and almost a cylindrical cone ; point of the upper mandible 



