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plumage of the female ; and ]\Ir. Hunt found that the windpipe 

 of this bird exactly resembled that of the Goosander. 



2. M. Serrator (Red-breasted Merganser). 



Dr. Hooker purchased a bird of this kind in the market at 

 Norwich. It is not uncommon on the Essex coast. 



3. M. albellus (Smew). 



It is not uncommon to meet with Smews on the Suftblk coast 

 in cold weather ; and they were plentiful at Yarmouth in the 

 winter of 1819-20. 



Genus LXVI. Carbo. 



1. C. Cormoranus (Cormorant). 



2. C. Graculus (Shag). 



In an expedition on the Stour, Sept. 30, 1820, we perceived 

 a bird at a distance swimming prodigiously fast. By great 

 exertion we got near it, when it dived and came up two or three 

 hundred yards in our rear. The force and velocity of this bird 

 in the water were shown by its leaving behind it a white foam- 

 ing line like the wake of a ship, and which was distinguishable 

 at the distance of several hundred yards. 



Genus LXVII. Sula. 

 1. S. alba (Gannet). 



Dr. Hooker informs us that a young Gannet was taken alive 

 some years since in the winter season at Pulham, and exhibited 

 at Norwich : it was very fierce. This bird has also been met 

 with both at Lynn and Yarmouth. 



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