EUROPE. 



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Dun Diver. 



Dun Diver, Red-breasted Merganser, 

 Smew, Red-headed Smew, Lough- 

 diver. Of the Anas, thirty species, 

 viz. Wild Swan (Cygnus), Tame 

 Swan, Swan Goose (Jlnser), Canada 

 Goose, Egyptian Goose, Red-breast- 

 ed Goose, Gray Lag, Tame Goose, 

 White-fronted Wild Goose, Bear 

 Goose, Bernacle, Brent Goose, Eider 

 Duck (Anas), Musk, Velvet, Tame, 

 Hookbilled, Scaup, Bimaculated, Fer- 

 ruginous, Pintail, Long-tailed, and 

 Tufted Ducks, Teal, Garganey, INIo- 

 rillon, Golden Eye, Pociiard, Wid- 

 geon, Gadwall, Red-breasted Shovel 

 er, Shoveler, Sliieldrake, Mallard, 

 and Scoter. Of the Pelican {Pele- 

 canus), four species, viz. Corvorant 

 or Cormorant, Crested Corvorant, 

 Shag and Gannet. 



Of Reptiles, there are very few species in 

 Europe. Venomous Serpents are rare. Fish 

 of various kinds abound upon the coast, and 

 in the rivers. There are several, as the Sole, 

 Turbot, and others, particulni'ly v.'ihied for the 

 Widgeon. table, which are not found m America, or very 



ra rely . 



14. Population. It is diflicult to estimate the precise amount of the population of Europe, 

 notwithstanding the accuracy with v.-liich the cen=;ns of some roiiniiie? has been taken . for we 



