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CLASS AVES. 



old male has the head deep green, the feathers on 

 the top of it form a kind of tuft ; the mantle is 

 blackish, with a white spot on the wings ; the neck 

 and below white, slightly tinted with rose colour. 

 The young and the female, M. Castor^ Enl. 953, 

 Frisch. 191, Naum. 6l, f. 93, B, are grey, with a 

 red head. 



Red-breasted Merganse7\ Merg. Serrator^ L. Enl. 

 207, Edw. 95, Naum. 1. c. 51, f. 90, Wils. Am. 

 viij. 69, 2, *. 



With red bill and feet ; the body varied, black, 

 white, and brown ; the head black-green, with a 

 pendant crest at the occiput. The young and the 

 female H. a Manteau Noir, Naum. 6% f. 95, have 

 the head brown. 



Synew Meigansei^ M. Albellus^ L. Enl. 449, Frisch. 

 172, Naum. 63, f 97, Brit. Zool. pi. N. 1, Wils. 

 Am. viij. 71> f- 4. 



With blue bill and feet ; the body white, varied with 

 black on the mantle ; a black spot on the eye, and 

 on the occiput. The young male and the female, 

 M. Minutus Mustelinus, &c., Enl. 450, Brit. Zool. 

 pi. N. % Naum. 63, f. 98, are grey, with a red 

 head. 



Among the foreign species, none are well deter- 

 mined but 



