j^ MERGANSER. GOOSANDER. 



540. The Minute Merganser, Jr^. Zool. II. p, 540. A. is the fe» 



male of the Smew. 



e^j. The Red-breafted Goofander arrives later in Sweden than the Great 



Goojander, It has fuch a predileftion for the color of red, that the 

 Ihooters ufe dogs of that tinge, and even cover their bodies with red 

 cloth or linen, when they are engaged in the purfuit of this fpecies. 



BROWH. 



Mr. HuTCHiNs adds two fpecies to this Genus, difcovered by him 

 in Hud/on s Bay. 



The head of the firft is of a dark brown. From the orbits is a whitifli 

 brown ftroke, extending backwards, and ending in a large pendent creft j 

 the upper part of it brown, the lower black : greater and leffer coverts, 

 fcapulars, and tail, black : fecondaries of the fame color, but each web is 

 broadly edged with white : chin ipeckled with black and white : breafl: 

 bluilh grey, lightly mottled with white : belly white : vent tawny : be- 

 yond the junftion of the thighs with the body are a few black feathers 

 marked with red : legs dufky yellow. Weight twenty-three ounces. 

 Length feventeen inches and a half. 



This fp.ecie3 arrives in the bay in May, as foon as the rivers are open. 

 Makes its neft about the lakes, with grafs, lined with feathers pulled from 

 its own breafl : retires when the rivers are frozen. 



Bi^ug^ The next is called by the natives Waw few ne way fe pis. Has a 



black, long, flender bill : forehead and crown of a fbining black, and 

 the feathers long : about the ears are fome dirty white feathers : throat 

 and belly white : breafl and vent blue : the hind part of the neck in- 

 clines to brown : primaries, fcapulars, baftard wing, and leffer coverts, 

 dark blue : greater coverts blue, marked with a white fpot ; fecondaries 

 white on the outfide, blue on the inner : tail black, fhort, and rounded : 

 legs blue. Weight fourteen ounces. Length fourteen inches. 



Arrives- 



