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two young ones, which it seems had been concealed beneath 

 the wings of the parent bird, drop upon the water. I 

 afterwards shot several other birds of this species, alf of 

 which dived with their young under their wings. The 

 young were placed with their heads towards the tail, and 

 their bills resting on the back of the parent bird." 



M. Nilsson says this species is not very common in 

 Sweden, but breeds there in the reedy parts of shallow 

 waters. M. Temminck says it is rare in Holland, but 

 more common in Germany and the eastern parts of Europe ; 

 it is found also in France, Switzerland, Provence, Italy, 

 Sicily, and Malta, but only in winter, and that rarely. It is 

 said to have been found in the vicinity of the Caspian Sea. 



This species also inhabits Greenland and North America. 

 The bird figured by Edwards, plate 145, was sent from 

 Hudson's Bay, where, Pennant says, it appears on the 

 fresh waters in June, and lays its eggs among the aquatic 

 plants. Sir John Richardson says it is very common in 

 the Fur countries, frequenting every lake with grassy bor- 

 ders. The species is included also in some of the histories 

 of the birds of the United States, and has been found at 

 Bermuda. 



Mr. Morgan's bird, killed in May, in the plumage of the 

 breeding-season, has the beak black, both mandibles of 

 horn-coloured white at the tip ; forehead and crown black ; 

 irides vermilion red ; from the base of the upper mandible 

 to the eye, and from thence for the space of an inch be- 

 hind the eye, the feathers are of a rich yellowish-chestnut, 

 the latter elongated, forming a tuft ; from the chin the 

 feathers on the throat, cheeks, and sides of the neck, are 

 also elongated, forming a ruff of rich dark brown ; back 

 of the neck, and all the upper surface of the body dark 

 brown ; the secondaries of the wings alone are white, but 

 scarcely seen unless the wings are extended ; neck in front 



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