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Hooded, and red-breasted merganser. 



and upper parts are of a fine glossy black, the rump 

 and tail ash-colour, and the under parts of the 

 neck and body a fine pale yellow. Its manners 

 and appetites entirely resemble those of the 

 diver. It feeds upon fish, for which it dives; 

 and it is said to build its nest upon trees, like 

 the cormorant. 



The dun 'diver is less than the gooseander* 

 The upper part of the head is reddish brown ; the 

 back and wings ash colour, and the lower part of 

 the body white. It is found in the same places, 

 and has the same manners with the gooseander. 



HOODED, AND RED-BREASTED 

 MERGANSER 



IS a native of North America. It is about 

 the size of a wigeon. The head and neck are 

 dark brown, the former surrounded with a large 

 round crest, the middle of which is white. The 

 back and quills are black, the tail dusky; and 

 the breast and belly white, undulated with black. 

 The female is fainter in the colour of her plu- 

 mage, and has a smaller crest. 



The red-breasted merganser weighs only two 

 pounds. The head and neck are black, glossed 

 with green, the rest of the neck and the belly 

 white; the upper part of the back is glossy black ; 

 the lower parts and the rump are striated with 

 brown and pale grey ; on the wings there are 

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