PLATE LXV. 



MERGUS MERGANSER, (fern.) t 



FEMALE GOOSANDERS 



OR 



DUN DIVER. 



Ansere^. 



Bill obtufe, covered with a thin membrane, broad, gibbous below 

 the bafe, fwelled at the apex* Tongue flefhy. Legs naked. Feet 

 webbed or finned. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill long, roundifh, taper, ferrated and hooked at the apex. A 

 creft on the head. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNONTMS. 



Female. Head and neck ferruginous. Chin and throat white. 

 Back, wing coverts, fides of the body, tail, afh colour. Breait and 

 belly white. 



Mergus Merganser. Faun. Suee. p. 48. 8vo. 1761 ? 

 Mergus Castor. Lin. Syji. i.p. 209. 4. — edit. 12 ? 

 Anas rubricapilla. Brun. N° 93. 

 Mergus Gulo. Scop. Ann. I. N° 88. 



H 4 Mergus 



