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salt waters the 



Though frequenting fresh as well as 

 flesh is distinctly disagreeable in flavour. 



Flight. The flight is much more powerful than that of 

 the ordinary Diving Ducks. 



Voice. The note is rough and unmusical and sounds 

 like Tcarr-karr. 



Nest. The Goosander breeds in holes in trees or in the 

 ground, and in some cases the nest is built in the shelter 

 of nooks and crevices formed by overhanging banks and 

 ledges of rock. In Denmark and other Continental 

 countries this species sometimes builds in nesting-boxes set 

 up by the natives for various kinds of Ducks (Saunders). 



FIG. 18. GOOSANDER. 



The eggs, eight to thirteen in number, are creamy- 

 white. Incubation begins about the end of April or the 

 first week in May. 



In Scotland the Goosander has bred in Sutherland, 

 Perthshire, Argyll, Koss, and perhaps in other counties 

 of the Highlands. With regard to references of its 

 breeding in the Outer Hebrides, see Harting, ' Handbook 

 of British Birds,' 1901, p. 263. 



Geographical distribution. Abroad, this species nests 



