428 MERGANSER. 



+- SMEW. Mergus albellus, Lin. SyJI.l. p. 209. 5. — Faun. Suec. N° 137.— Brun. 



MaLE> N° 97 .—Frifcb. t. 172.— Kram. El. p. 344. 3. 



Mergus albulus, Scop. Ann. i. N° 91. 

 Le petit Harle huppe, ou la Piette, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 243. 3. pi. 24. fig. t. 



—Buf. Oif. viii. p. 275. pi. 24. — PL Enl. 449. 

 Mergus Rheni, Raii Syn. p. 135. 5. — Will. Orn. p. 337. 

 White Nun, Raii Syn- p. 135. A. 3. — Will. Orn. p. 337. pi. 64. 

 Smew, Albin, i. pi. 89. — Br. Zool. ii. N° 262. — ArQ. Zool. N° 46S. 



Female. L'Harle etoile, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 252. 6. — Brun. N° 98. 



Weefel Coot, Albin, i. pi. 88. 

 Red-headed Smew, Br. Zool. ii. N° 263. 



Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



Description. r T , HIS, in fize, rather exceeds the Teal: length fixteen or 

 feventeen inches : breadth two feet : weight thirty-four 

 ounces. Bill near two inches long, and black : general colour of 

 the plumage white : the head crefted at the back part; the under 

 part of the creft black : on each fide of the head an oval black 

 fpot, beginning at the bill, and taking in the eye : on the lower 

 part of the neck, on each fide, are two curved black ftreaks, 

 pointing forward : the inner fcapulars, back, coverts on the fide 

 of the wing, and greater quills, are black : tail cinereous : legs 

 blueifh grey. 

 Female. The female is fixteen inches long: twenty-three broad : and 



weighs fifteen ounces. The bill is lead-colour : head ferruginous, 

 and (lightly crefted: cheeks, chin, and throat, white: between 

 the bill and eye the fame oval black fpot as in the male: back 

 dufky afli-colour: wings as in the male : belly white : legs pale 

 afh-colour. 



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