Clafs II. RED HEADED SMEW. 439 



lunar black lines pointing forward : the inner fcapu- 

 lars, the back, the coverts on the ridge of the wing, 

 and the greater quil-feathers are black ; the middle 

 rows of coverts are white ; the next black, tipt with 

 white 5 the leffer quil-feathers the fame-, the fcapu- 

 lars next the wings white : the tail deep afh-color : the 

 legs a bluifh grey. 



The female, or lough diver, is lefs than the male: 

 The marks in the wings are the fame in both fexes : 

 the back, the fcapulars, and the tail are dufky : the 

 head, and hind part of the neck ferruginous : chin, 

 and fore part of the neck white : the bread clouded 

 with grey : the belly white : the legs dufky. 



IV. The RED HEADED SMEW. 



The Weefel Coot. Alb. a<v. i. L'Harle etoile. Brijfon c<v. vi. 



p. 84. tab. 88. 252. 



Mergus minutus. Ltn.fyji. 209. Br, Zool. 148. 

 Faun. Suec J/> : 138. 



'"TpHI S bird weighs fifteen ounces : the length is d^ 



■*• one foot four inches ; the breadth one foot ele- 

 ven inches : the bill is of a lead color : the head is 

 llightly crefled, and of a rufi: color : from beyond 

 the eyes to the bill is an oval black fpot : the cheeks 

 and throat are white: the hind part of the neck is of 

 a deep grey-, the fore part clouded with a lighter: 

 the belly white : the back and tail are of a dufky 

 afh-color : the legs of a pale afli- color : the wings 

 have exactly the fame marks and colors with the 

 fmew j and as the fpaces between the eyes and bill are 



marked 



