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BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE GOOSANDER. 



FEMALE. 



THE bill, from the tip to the corners of the 

 mouth, is two inches and a quarter long, of a 

 red colour, but darker on its ridge : the hooked 

 horny nail of the upper mandible is blackish; 

 the tip of the under one white : the head and 

 upper part of the neck deep chesnut ; the crest, 

 the feathers of which are soft, very long, and 

 pendent, is of a deeper shade of the same colour: 

 the chin and upper part of the throat are white: 

 the back, scapulars, coverts of the wings, rump, 

 and sides of the body, are of a bluish ash or 

 lead colour: the fore part of the neck, the breast, 

 belly, and vent, are yellowish white ; the bastard 

 and primary quills dark brown : a large white 

 patch or bar is formed on the middle of the wing, 

 by the tips of the greater coverts and the outer 

 webs of six of the secondary quills ; but those 



