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ORD. III. GEN. VIII. MERGANSER. 



SPE. IV. SMEW. 



PI. 2 35 . 



Mergus albellus. Lin. Syft. I. p. 2.09. 



Le petit harle huppe, 011 la piette. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 243. 



The fmew weighs two pounds, is in length eighteen inches, breadth twenty- 

 fix. The bill is fhort, ftout, and of a lead colour : the head adorned with a 

 long white creft : at the bafe of the bill is a fpot of glofiy black, furrounding 

 the eye : on the back of the neck, under the creft, is a black oblong mark, 

 pointing downwards : neck, and under parts of the body, pure white : on the 

 lower part of the neck two femilunar lines pointing forward : the inner fcapu- 

 lars, the back, the coverts on the ridge of the wing, and the greater quill fea- 

 thers, black : the middle rows of covert feathers, white ; the next, black, tipped 

 with white : lefs quill feathers, the fame : fcapulars next the wings, white : tail, 

 tipped with black ; tail coverts, grey : legs, lead colour. 



This fpecies, like the others, is met with on our coaft in winter only ; and 

 in manners and habits of life it perfectly agrees with them. 



