260 WILD-FOWL AND SEA-FOWL OF GREAT BRITAIN 



conspicuously when the crest is raised. The rest 

 of the head, half-way down the neck, two bands 

 before the wings, and hind-part of neck greenish- 

 black. Upper parts of body brownish-black ; tail 

 greyish-black ; smaller wing coverts partly grey ; 

 primary quills and coverts brownish-black ; outer 

 secondary quills and coverts greenish-black, white 

 towards the end ; the inner white, with black 

 margins. Lower parts white ; the sides finely 

 waved with yellowish-brown and brownish-black. 

 Legs and feet dull yellowish-red. Length, from 

 bill to end of tail, nineteen inches. 



FEMALE. The crest smaller ; upper part of head 

 reddish-brown ; cheeks and upper neck brownish- 

 grey ; back blackish-brown ; throat greyish-white ; 

 lower part of neck grey. Lower parts greyish- 

 white ; the sides dusky brown. The wings with- 

 out white on the inner secondaries. Length, from 

 bill to tail, seventeen inches. 



PIED SMEW. 



(Mergus albellus.) 



MALE. The bill greyish-blue ; iris bright red ; 

 the lengthened feathers on the head and nape 

 white. A broad patch on the fore-part of the 

 cheek and a band along the side of the occiput 

 greenish-black. The back is black, shading into 

 grey behind ; neck, scapulars, smaller wing coverts, 

 and lower parts white. Some of the scapulars are 

 ed^ed with black ; there is a black line on each side 



