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ORD. III. GEN. VIII. MERGANSER. 



SPE. II. DUN DIVER. 



Mergus caftor. Lin. Syji. I. p. 209. 



L'Harle cendre, ou le Bievre. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 254. 



The dun diver is lefs than the goofander, weighing about three pounds. 

 The bill is nearly three inches long, and of an orange colour ; the nail at the 

 end, black: the feathers on the crown of the head are longer than in the 

 goofander, forming a pendant creft of a bright brown colour : the neck, dull 

 orange : the throat, whitifh : back, wing coverts, and tail, aflien grey : greater 

 quill feathers, black ; lefs, white : bread, pale flelh-colour : belly, and vent, 

 white : legs, orange. 



This fpecies is far more numerous than the preceding, and is frequently to 

 be feen, in the winter feafon, at the entrance of the Thames, and adjoining 

 creeks. 



