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A VES— GOOSANDER. 



the breast is reddish, mixed with black and white. The plumage of the 

 female is less splendid ; and they differ in another respect, viz. that the male 



has a very full and large crest, the female only the rudiment of one. It is 

 common on the shores of the United States as well as in Europe. 



THE SMEW, OR WHITE-HEADED GOOSANDER,i 



Measures eighteen inches from the point of the bill to the extremity. It 

 has a fine crest upon the head, which falls down towards the back part of 

 it, undejr which, on each side of the head, is a black spot; the rest of the 

 head and neck, and the under parts of the body, are white ; the back and the 

 wings are a pleasing mixture of black and white. The tail is about three 



' Mergus aWellus, Lin. 



