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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, all 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 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. Dr. 

 Richardson says it is very common in the Fur- countries, 

 frequenting every lake with grassy borders. The species 

 is included also in some of the histories of the birds of the 

 United States. 



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 behind 

 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 



