268 GOOSANDER. 
and upper half of neck greenish-black, splendent, with bright green re- 
flections; hind part of neck below white ; fore part of neck and all the 
under parts of a delicate reddish-buff; the sides of the rump and part 
of the abdomen greyish-white, finely undulated and dotted with dark 
grey; some of the lower wing-coverts dusky, the larger coverts and 
primaries light grey. ‘The fore part of the back, and the inner scapu- 
lars, glossy black; the hind part ash-grey, becoming lighter and finally 
undulated on the rump. Upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers deep 
grey, outer scapulars white ; a transverse band of black at the base of 
the wing, concealed by the scapulars. _Wing-coverts white; alula, 
primary coverts, primary quills, and a band formed by the base of the 
first row of large coverts, black ; secondaries white, six of them margined 
externally with a black line, the innermost margined on both webs, 
but more broadly on the inner, and with the tip black. 
Length to end of tail 27 inches, to end of claws 263, to end of wings 
24, to carpal joint 133, to end of green on the neck 74; extent of wings 
36; bill along the ridge 2;%, along the edge of lower mandible 374 ; 
wing from flexure 114; tail 5; tarsus 14%; first toe and claw +$; outer 
toe 274, its claw #4; middle toe 23%, its claw 7. Weight 5 lb. Of 
another 33 lb. 
Dimensions of two other Males: 
Length to end of tail, : : 26 257 inches. 
. claws, ‘ : 27 25 
Seavenensccccncesvacs wings, : ; 24 234 
Extent of wings, ; ; ’ 38 35 
Female. Plate CCCXXXI. 
The female is much smaller. The bill, eyes, and feet are coloured 
as in the male, but the ridge of the bill is black, and the nail whitish ; 
the longitudinal crest is much more elongated, being composed of linear 
feathers, some of them fully two inches and a half long. Head and upper 
part of neck brownish-red ; throat white ; all the upper parts, with the 
sides of the body and rump deep ash-grey, the feathers paler at the mar- 
gin. Smaller wing-coverts and inner secondaries grey ; bases and tips of 
secondary coverts black, the intermediate part white ; middle second- 
aries white, outer and primaries black ; anterior part of neck below 
faintly banded with ash-grey ; breast and abdomen white, slightly 
tinged with buff. 
