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BIRDS. 
Three species appear in France during the winter; their varia- 
tions of plumage have induced some naturalists to increase the num- 
ber. It is said that they breed in the North among the rocks or 
reeds, and lay a great many eggs. 
Merg. merganser, L.; Le Harle vulgaire, Enl. 951; Naum. I, 
c. 61, f. 93, Brit. Zool. pl. N.; Frisch, 190; Wils. VIII, Ixviii, 1 
(The Goosander). Is the size of a Duck, and has red feet and a bill 
of the same hue. ‘The head of the old male is of a deep green, the 
feathers on its summit forming a sort of toupee; the mantle is black, 
with a white spot over the wing; underneath and the neck, white, 
slightly tinged with rose-colour. The young and the females— 
Merg. castor, Enl. 953; Frisch, 191; Naum. 61, f. 93, B, are grey 
with a red head. 
Merg. serrator, L.; Harle huppée, Enl. 207; Edw. 95; Naum. 
I, c. 61, f. 90; Wils. VIII, Ixix, 2. (The Red-breasted Mergan- 
ser). Bill and feet red; the body variegated with black, white, and 
brown; head of a black-green; a pendent tuft on the occiput. The 
young Fl the females—Harles noirs, H. & manteau noir, Naum. 
62, f. 95, have a brown head. 
M. albellus, L.; La Piette, nonnette, petit harle, Enl. 449; 
Frisch, 172; Naum. 63, f. 97; Brit. Zool. pl. N, 1; Wils. VIII, 
xci, 9. (The Smew). Bill and feet blue; body white, varied with 
black on the mantle; a black spot near the eye, and one on the 
occiput. The young males and the females—Merg, minutus, mus- 
telinus, &c., Enl. 450; Brit. Zool. pl. N, 2; Naum. 63, f. 98, are 
grey with a red head*. 
* Among the Mergansers foreign to Europe, the only ones well ascertained are the 
M. cucullatus of Carolina, Enl. 935 and 936, and the M. brasiliensis, Vieill. Gal. 283. 
END OF VOL. I. 
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