Cuass IL. RED BREASTED MERGANSER. als 
scapulars black; the interior white ; the lower 
part of the back, the coverts of the tail, and 
feathers on the sides under the wings and over 
the thighs grey, elegantly marked with ziczag 
lines of black ; the coverts on the ridge of the 
wings dusky; then succeeds a broad bar of white; 
the greater coverts half black, half white; the 
secondaries next the quil feathers marked in the 
same manner ; the rest white, edged on one side 
with black; the quil feathers dusky; the tail 
short and brown ; the legs orange-colored. 
The head and upper part of the neck of the Femaze. 
female is of a deep rust color; the crest short ; 
the throat white; the fore part of the neck and 
breast marbled with deep ash color; the belly 
white ; the great quil feathers dusky; the lower 
half of the nearest secondaries black; the up- 
per white; the rest dusky; the back, scapulars, 
and tail ash colored; the upper half of the 
first secondary feathers white; the lower half 
black; the others dusky. 
» These birds breed in the northern parts of 
Great Britain ; we have seen them and their 
young on Loch Mari in the county of Hae 
and in the isle of Tlay. 
