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bent, and of the under a little fwelling ■, colour red : irides the 

 fame : the head is full of feathers on the top and back part ; colour 

 of that, and half the neck, a fine gloiTy greenilh. black : the reft of 

 the neck and under parts white*, tranfverfely undulated with 

 dufky lines on the fides over the thighs : the upper part of the 

 back black : fcapulars neareft the body black; the others white : 

 the lower part of the back, rump, and tail, brownifh afh-colour; 

 the feathers edged with dufky white towards the rump : the 

 lefler wing coverts are white, the others afh-colour, but in the 

 middle are white alfo : twelve of the prime quills are black ; 

 fome of the inner ones afh-colour on the inner webs: the fecon- 

 daries moftly white, and five or fix of them fringed with greenifh 

 black on the outer margins : the tail confifts of eighteen afh- 

 coloured feathers, the fhafts of which are dufky : legs orange. 



The Goofander feems to prefer the more northern fituations to Place and 

 thole of the foutb, not being feen in the laft, except in very fevere 

 feafons. Continues the whole year in the Orknies •, and has been 

 fhot in the Hebrides in fummer\. Common on the continent of 

 Europe and AJia ; but moft fo towards the north. Found alfo in 

 Iceland and Greenland, and breeds there, retiring fouthward in win- 

 ter ; at that time found about the lake Baikal. Frequent in Ame- 

 rica: inhabits the province of New York in winter ; retires from 

 thence in April, probably to Hudfon's Bay\; and, if the bird 

 called a Fijloernian Duck, found alfo in Carolina [|. 



* In fome birds the bread is of a delicate yellowifh rofe-colour ; whether 

 this is owing to the feafon of the year, or any other caufe, I am ignorant. 

 f Br. Zool—Ara. ZooL % A, a. Zool \\ Law/on Carol, p. 150. 



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Manners. 



