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brownish black; tertials white, edged with black; 

 lower portion of the back, the sides, flanks, rump 

 and upper tail-coverts grey ; tail-feathers stiff, rather 

 pointed, and of a uniform brownish ash-colour; 

 lower part of the neck on the front and the sides 

 pale chesnut-brown, streaked and otherwise varied 

 with black; breast, belly and under tail-coverts 

 white ; legs and toes reddish orange ; webs dark 

 reddish brown. The females are rather smaller than 

 the males, and have the head and neck behind 

 reddish brown, darkest on the crown of the head, 

 the occiput feathers elongated ; all the back, scapu- 

 lars and small wing-coverts umber-brown; greater 

 coverts and secondaries dark brownish black, ending 

 with white, forming two white bands : primaries and 

 tertials dark brownish black ; upper tail-coverts and 

 tail-feathers ash-colour ; neck in front mottled with 

 reddish and pale brown on a white ground ; all the 

 under surface of the body white. Young males 

 resemble the female during their first winter." * 



Yarrell also says the eggs are of a rich reddish 

 yellow or fawn-colour. 



GOOSANDER, Mergus Merganser. This species, 

 the males of which nearly, if not quite, equal those 

 of the Kedbreasted Merganser in beauty, is a rather 

 more common visitor to our county than that bird. 

 I have seen several specimens of immature males 



* Yarrell, vol. iii., p. 396. 



