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GOOSANDER. 



MERGUS MERGANSER, Linn. 

 PLATE LVII. 



Mergus Merganser, Linn. Syst. 1. 208. 2 Gmel. Syst. 1. 544 Rail Syn. 



134. A. 1 Will. 253. t. 64. Briss. Orn. 6. 231. t. 32 Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 828. sp. l. Wils. Amer. Ornith. 8. 70. pi. 68. f. 1. and 2 Flem. Br. 



Anim. 1. 128. sp. 200 Faun. Amer. Boreal, 2. 460. No. 220. 

 Merganser Rail, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 12. 161. pi. 53. 



Le Harle, Buff. Ois. 8. 267. sp. 23 Id. PL Enl. 951. 



Grand Harle, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 881. 



Taucher-gans, Bech&t. Naturg. Deut. 4. 781 Meyer, Tasschenb. 2. 565. 



Goosander, or Merganser, Penn. Br. Zool. 2. 556. No. 260 Arct. Zool. 



2. No. 465 Will (Ang.) 335. t. 64.-Lath. Syn. 6. 418. I. Id. Sup. 2. 



336. Lewirfs Birds, 6. pi. 2. 31 Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. and Sup Bewick's 



Br. Birds, ed. 1826. p. t. 250 Wils. Amer. Orn. 8. 70. pi. 68. f. 1. and 



2. Low's Faun. Oread, p. 131. Retime 1 s Mont. Orn. Diet. 217- 

 Mergus castor, Linn. Syst. 1. 209. 4 Gmel Syst. 1. 545. B Lath. Ind." 



Orn. 2. 829. sp. 2. 



Mergus rubricapillus, Gmel. Syst. 1. 545. 



Mergus serratus longiroster, Raii Syn. 134. A. 2. Will. 253. t. 64. 

 Merganser cinereus, Briss. Orn. 6. 254. 7- t. 25. Female and 



Le Harle Femelle, Buff. Ois. 8. 236 Id. PL Enl. 953. Young Males. 



Dundiver, or Sparling Fowl, 2. 557. No. 260. pi. 92. f. 2 Arct. Zool. 



2. 465.Albin, 1. t. 87 Lath. Syn. 6. 240. 221. 4 Id. Sup. 270 



Lewirfs Br. Birds, pi. 232. Mont. Orn. Diet, and Sup Bewick's Br. 



Birds, ed. 1826, p. t. 253. 



PROVINCIAL Saw-Bill, Harle, Earl-Duck, Jack-Saw, 



THIS large and handsome species is one of our rarer Eng- 

 lish visitants, and seldom makes its appearance in the more 

 southern districts of the country, except in winters attended 

 by long continued frost ; but in the northern parts of Scot- 

 land, and in the Orkneys and other Scottish islands, it is a 

 permanent resident ; finding subsistence throughout the 

 year either in the fresh- water lakes of the interior, or (when 

 these are frozen) in the deep indentations of the coast, form- 

 ed by the saline lochs, so numerous in that part of the king- 

 dom. It is widely distributed throughout the arctic regions 

 of both the ancient and new worlds. In Europe, during its 

 equatorial migration, it visits France, Holland, Germany, 



