MEEGANSEE. 469 



>&. Head and upper neck rufous (Females}. 



c'. Chin white, back grey ................ M. castor, p. 469. 



a. Ohm streaked with rufous, back brown. . M. serrator, p. 470. 



1613. Merganser castor. The Goosander. 

 Mergus merganser, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 208 (1766); Hume, Cat. 

 ' & F ' Viii ' P- 364 5 Hume $ Manh, Game B. iii, 

 ' F ' Xl ' P ' 34? 



. 



Mergus castor, jm. i c p. 209 (1766) ; Blyth, Cat. p. 308 ; Jerdon, 

 B I. m p 817 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. 2, p. 275 

 Hume $ Henders. Lali. to York. p. 297 ; Hume, S F. i p. 423 

 Parker & F . ii? p . 336 . BM ibid 439 jy & ^ .; ^ | 



-ffo, e^^. p. 233; Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 101 

 Merganser castor & M. comatus, Salvadori, Cat. B. M. xxvii, pp. 472, 



The Merganser, Jerdon. 



Fig. 125. Bill of M. castor. %. 



Coloration. Male. Head with a slight crest and upper neck 

 black, glossed with dark green except on throat ; lower neck all 

 round, lower parts, and sides oE body pure white ; upper back and 

 scapulars glossy black, a few of the outer scapulars white ; middle 

 and lower back, rump and upper tail-coverts ashy grey with dark 

 shaft-stripes, especially on the longer tail-coverts ; sides of rump 

 vermiculated grey and white ; tail-feathers ashy brown ; primaries 

 and outer secondaries brownish black, remaining secondaries with 

 the secondary-coverts white, inner coverts near the back and 

 primary-coverts greyish brown, the primary-coverts black-tipped ; 

 tertiaries white, with narrow black outer borders. The male 

 moults into the female plumage after breeding, 



Female. Head with long crest-feathers (longer than in male) 

 and neck ferruginous red, crown browner, chin and throat white ; 

 upper parts from neck, with tertiaries, scapulars, wing-coverts, and 

 tail ashy grey ; primaries and outer secondaries and their coverts 

 blackish brown, most of the secondaries and their coverts white, 

 greater coverts black at base ; lower parts white, with some grey 

 on the sides of the body. 



