43 8 SMEW. Clafs II. 



the greater qull-feathers are black ; the leffer have 

 their upper halves white : the coverts on the ridge of 

 the wings are am- color; the next are white; and the 

 lowed tipt with black : the back, fcapulars, and tail 

 are afh- colored. Mr. Brijfcn defcribes this as the fe- 

 male of the red breafted Goofander. Edw. av, 95. 

 Mr. V/illoughby too fufpects that its male reprefents 

 fome bird fimilar to the Goofander : as the former is 

 frequent in the Baltic fea *, the fpecies we defcribe 

 may prove only its female ; and, as is fometimes the 

 cafe with other birds, the female only migrates. 



III. The S M E W. 



La Pielte. Be/on av. 171. Faun. Suec.fp. 137. 



.Mergus rhenanus. Gffner av. Le petit harlehupe ou le Piette. 



131. BriJJon a<v. vi. 243, tab. 24. 



Jldr. a-j. iii. 1 II. Jig. 1 & 2. 



White Nun. Wil. orn. 337. Kram. 344. 



Lough Diver. 338. Cimbris Hviid Side, Brunnieh 97. 



Raiijyn. av. 135. Br. Zoo!. 148, 

 Meigus albellus. Lin.fyjl. 209, 



S fcr T ^ ^ weight is thirty-four ounces : the length 

 JL eighteen inches ; the breadth twenty-fix. The 

 bill is near two inches long, and of a lead color: the 

 head is adorned with a long creft, white above, black 

 beneath : from a little beyond the eye to the bill, is a 

 large oval black fpot, glofTed with green; the head, 

 neck, and whole under fide of the body are of a pure 

 white ; on the lower part of the neck are two femi- 



* Brunnieh omiib. 2$% 



luna-r 



