ORDER PALMIPEDES. 6^5 



Greenland Duck, Anas Borealis, Gm. Iceland. — 

 Solitary Duck, Anas Monacha, Gmel. — Damietta 

 Duck, Atlas Damiatica, Gmel. — Alexandrine Duck, 

 Anas Aled'andrini, Gmel. — A. Sarai, Forst. — Gattair 

 Duck, Anas Gattair, Gmel. , from Alexandria. — Sisccir 

 Duck, Lath., Anas Sisceir, Gmel.,— and Arabic Duck, 

 Anas Arahica, Gmel., from Arabia. — Kekuschka 

 Duck, Anas Kekuschka, Gmel. from the Caspian 

 Sea. — Dominican Duck, Anas Dominicana, Gmel. 

 from the Cape. 



The genus Mergus, L., 

 Comprehends the species whose bill is more slender 

 and more cylindrical than that of the ducks ; each 

 mandible armed, its entire length, on the edges, 

 with small pointed teeth, like a saw, and directed 

 backward ; the tip of the upper mandible is crooked. 

 Their appearance and plumage are like the duck ; 

 but their gizzard is less muscular, and their intes- 

 tines and coecums shorter. The enlargement of the 

 lower larynx of the male is enormous, and in part 

 membranaceous. They live on lakes and ponds, and 

 destroy a great deal of fish. 



Three species of them visit France in winter, 

 whose variations of plumage have caused them to be 

 multiplied by some naturalists. It is said that they 

 build, in the north, between the rocks, or in reeds, 

 and lay a great many eggs. 

 Goosander Mersanger, Merg. Mergamery L. Enl. 



951, Naum. 1. c. 61, f 93, Brit. Zool. pi. N. 



Frisch. 190, Wilson Am. viij. 68. 

 Of the size of a duck, with red bill and feet. The 



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