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neath 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 huppé; Enl. 207; Edw. 95; Naum. 
I, c. 61, f. 90; Wils. VIII, Ixix, 2. (The Red-breasted Mergan- 
ser.) Bill and feet reds the body variegated with black, white, 
and brown; head of a black-green; a pendent tuft on the occi- 
put. The young and the females,—Harles noirs, H. 2 manteau 
noir; Naum. 62, f. 95, have a brown head. 
M. albellus, L.; La Piette; 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 man- 
tle; a black spot near the eye, and one on the occiput. The 
young males and the females——Merg. minutus, mustelinus, &c. 
Enl. 450; Brit. Zool. pl. N. 2; Naum. 63, f. 98, are grey with 
a red head.(1) 
(1) Among the Mergansers foreign to Europe, the only ones well ascertained — 
are the M. cucullatus of Carolina, Enl. 935 and 936, and the . brasiliensis, Vieill. 
Gal. 283. 
