PLATE XLIX. 



L'Harle. Brif. Orn. 6. p. 231/1. pi. 22. 



Buff. Oif. 8. /. 267. //. 23.— PL enl. 951. 

 Meer-rache. Kram, 343. 

 See-rache. Frifch. 2. 190, 191. 



Wrakfogel, Kjorkfogel, Ard, Skraka. Faun. Suec. fp. 135. 

 Pekfok. Crantzs Greenl. 1. 80. 



The Goofander is neyer feen in the fouthern parts of Great-Bri- 

 tain, except in Very fevere winters. In fummer it retires northward 

 to breed ; continues the whole year in the Orknies, and has been fhot 

 in the Hebrides in fummer : it frequents rivers and lakes, and feeds 

 on fifh. In winter it appears about Sandwich, with the Smew, Red- 

 breafted Merganfer, and other water birds. 



It is common in the northern parts of the Continent of Europe 

 and AJia. In fummer is found in Iceland, Greenland, Lapland, and 

 other Arclic regions, where it rears it's young ; but migrates towards 

 the fouth as the winter feafon approaches. In America alfo it aban- 

 dons the more northern parts in winter. 



Length of this Bird is twenty-eight inches ; breadth forty : weight 

 nearly four pounds. 



The Bird we have figured is generally confidered as the male, and 

 the Dun-Diver as the female of the fame fpecies \ and among the 

 more refpeclable Naturalifts who have held this opinion, we muft 

 place Linnasus, and fince his time Mr. Pennant * ; Mr. Latham, 



* Willoughby does not feem inclined to adopt this opinion implicitly ; he fays, " In 

 the Dun-Diver, which we take to be the' female of the Goofander, we found a large laby- 

 rinth— fo that we will not be very confident that the Goofander and Dun-Diver differ no 

 Iflore than in lex." Orn* p. 336. 



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