MERGANSER. 429 



The Smew is feen in England only in winter, at which fea- Place. 



fon it will fometimes be met with at the fouthern parts of it •, 

 as alfo in France, in the neighbourhood of Picardy, where it 

 is called la Piette: fimilar to this, we have heard it called in 

 Kent by the name of Magpie-Diver. On the continent we find it 

 as far fouth as Carniola : frequents alfo Iceland, at which place, 

 or fome other arilic region, it pafies the fummer ; and where it 

 in courfe breeds, probably along with the other Merganfers ; as it 

 has been obferved to migrate, in company with thofe birds, feve- 

 ral kinds of Ducks, &c. in their courfe up the. Wolga, in Fe- 

 bruary *. It alfo inhabits America, having been fent from New 

 Tork f, where it is probably a migratory fpecies, as in Europe. 



Mergus minutus, Lin. Syjl, i. p. 209. 6. — Faun. Suec, N° 138. — Kram. El. 6. 



p. 344 . 4. -H MINUTE. 



Mergus tinus, Haffelq. It. p. 269. N° 37. 

 — — glacialis, Brim. N° 99. 

 — — — pannonicus, Scop. Ann. i. N° 92. 



Le petit Harle huppe, (femelle) Brif. Orn. vi. p. 243. 3. pi. 24. fig. 2. 

 Le Harle etoile, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 278. — PI. Enl. 450. 

 Mergus glacialis, Lough Diver, Rati Syn. p. 135.— Will. Orn. p. 338.— 



Br. Zool. ii. p. 560. — Am. Zool. p. 540. A. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



THIS is rather lefs than the Smew: length fourteen inches Description. 



and a half: breadth twenty-three. Bill black: the upper 

 part of the head, and fides, taking in the eyes and the hind part 

 of the neck, duflcy ferruginous, deepeft on the head, the fea- 

 thers of which are fomewhat elongated : the chin, throat, fore 



• Die. Ruff. ii. p. 145. f ArB, Ztoh 



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