123. THE GOOSANDER. 



Merganser merganser^ (LINNVEUS).* 



Outer web of the primaries blackish ; 

 inner web drab, with a blackish tip. 



Axillaries and under tail-coverts pure 

 white. 



Margins of the bill furnished with saw- 

 like teeth. 



No black band across the white of the 

 folded wing. 



MALE: Head black, sharply defined 

 from the white neck ; sides of the body 

 pure white. 



FEMALE: Head and neck chestnut- 

 brown, sharply denned from the body- 

 plumage; sides of the body grey, 

 freckled with white. 



VERNACULAR NAMES : None known. 



THE Goosander is a permanent resident 

 in the Himalayas from Kashmir to Assam ; 

 and a not uncommon winter visitor to the 

 plains of the northern part of the Empire. 



* Merganser castor and Merganser cqmatus of 

 the British Museum Catalogue. 



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