672 AVES—GOOSANDER. 
the breast 1s reddish, mixed with black and white. The plumage of the 
female is less splendid; and they differ in another respect, viz. that the male 

nas 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,! 

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, under which, on each side of the head, isa 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 


1 Mergus albellus, Lin. 
