RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. 253 



with salmon. Bill, legs, and feet, similar in color to those of the 

 male, but less bright in hue. Length, about 20 inches; wing, 8^; 

 tarsus, li; culmen, 2^*^^. 



Young. — Chin and throat, pale reddish; lower neck and upper 

 part of breast, brownish white. Base of secondaries, black, 

 forming bar across the wing. Rest of plumage, similar to that 

 of the female. 



Downy Young. — Sides of head and neck, cinnamon, inclining 

 to rusty, becoming lighter on the lores, which are bordered 

 above and below with a dusky stripe. Upper parts, hair 

 brown; cheeks, spot on wing, and on each side of back and rump, 

 and also all the lower parts, yellowish white. 



