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black before, grey behind ; the lower fore-neck, breast, sides, 

 and abdomen, pinkish buff-colour ; sides of the rump undu- 

 lated with grey and white ; outer scapulars, wing-coverts, 

 and secondary quills, white. Female with the crest longer 

 and more slender ; the bill and feet of a duller tint ; the head 

 and upper neck light reddish-brown, the throat whitish, the 

 lower neck pale grey, the feathers edged with white, the 

 breast and abdomen white, the sides grey ; the upper parts 

 deep ash-grey, as are the smaller wing-coverts ; some of the 

 secondary quills, and their coverts, white, unless at the base. 

 Young similar to the female. 



Male, 26, 36, 11J, 2 T \, lif, 2J, &. Female, 24, 33. 



Widely dispersed in summer over the northern regions of 

 both continents. Some individuals remain to breed in the 

 remotest parts of Scotland and its islands. In winter it is 

 met with sparingly in all parts of Scotland, as well as in 

 many districts in England. At all seasons it prefers lakes 

 and rivers to estuaries, but may be seen even in summer 

 fishing in the sea. It is shy, vigilant, and active, flies with 

 rapidity, and dives with great dexterity. The nest is com- 

 posed of grass, sedge, and fibrous roots, lined with down. 

 The eggs, seven or eight, are two inches and seven-eighths 

 long, two inches broad, nearly equally rounded at both ends, 

 smooth, and of a uniform dull cream-colour. The flesh is 

 coarse and unsavoury. 



Goosander. Greater Goosander. Saw-bill. Jack-saw. 

 Dun Diver. 



Mergus Merganser and Castor, Linn. Syst, Nat. i. 209.- 

 Mergus Merganser and Castor, Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 828. 

 Mergus Merganser, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. ii. 881. Mergan- 

 ser Castor, Buff-breasted Merganser, MacGillivray, Brit. 

 Birds, v. 



268. MERGUS SERRATOR. BAY-NECKED GOOSANDER. 



Male twenty-four inches long, with a longitudinal crest of 

 linear feathers, of which two separate tufts are longer than 

 the rest ; the bill and feet red ; the head and upper neck 

 greenish-black ; the back black before, grey with dusky lines 

 behind ; the middle fore-neck light red, streaked with dusky, 

 breast and abdomen pure white, sides and hind part of back 

 undulated with dark grey lines ; a white patch on the wing, 

 including the smaller wing-coverts, with two transverse 

 black bands. Female with the crest smaller, the bill and 

 feet of a duller tint ; the head and upper neck light reddish- 

 brown; the throat whitish, the lower neck brownish-grey, 



