214 



RED BREASTED MERGANSER. Class 11. 



under the title of Bieure oyseaii, and asserts, 

 that it builds its nest on rocks and in trees like 

 the Corvorant. 



2. Red 



breasted. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Mergus serrator. M. crista de- 

 pendente, pectore rufesceiite 

 variegato, collari albo, rec- 

 tricibus fuscis cinereo varie- 

 gatis. Lath. Ind. orn. SSQ. 

 id. Syn. vi. 423. id. Sup. ii. 

 337. id. Lin. Tr. iv. 121. 

 tal. \Q.f. 1.2. 



Anas Longirostra. Gesner av. 

 133. Aldr. av. iii. 113. 



The Serula. W'il. orn. 336. 



Hail Syn. av. 135. 



Lesser toothed Diver. Mor- 



ton's Northampf. 429- 

 L'Harlehupe. Brisson av. vi. 



237. Hist, d'ois. viii. 273. 



PI. Enl 207. 

 Braun kopfiger Tilger, Tau- 



cher. Kram. 343. 

 Mergus serrator. Gm. Lin. 



546. 

 Pracka. Faun. Suec. sp. 136. 

 Danis Fisk-And. Brunnich, 



96. 

 Br. Zool 147. Arct.Zool. ii. 



258. 



J- HIS species v^^eighs two pounds; the length 

 is one foot nine inches ; the breadth two feet 

 seven. The bill is three inches long, the lower 

 mandible red, the upper dusky; the irides a 

 purplish red ; the head and throat a fine change- 

 able black and green ; on the first is a long pen- 

 dent crest of the same color ; the upper part of the 

 neck, of the breast, and the whole belly white ; 

 the lower part of the breast ferruginous, spotted 

 with black ; the upper part of the back black ; 

 near the setting on of the wings are some white 

 feathers, edged and tipt with black ; the exterior 



