MERGUS MERGANSER* 



GOOSANDER. 



Generic Character. 



Bill flender, deprefledj both mandibles ferrated on the 



edges, the point of the upper mandible furnifhed 



with a curved nail. 

 Tongue ferrated on the fides. 

 Noftrils fmall, fituated near the centre of the bill. 

 Toes as in the duck tribe with thefe exceptions, that 



the outer toe is the longeft, and the hind one has a 



kind of fin attached to it. 



Synonyms* 



Mergus Merganser. Li'n. Syji, i. p, 208. «2. Ind^ 



Cm. p. 828. 1. fF. Curtis M/s. 

 Merganser. PF. Curtis Mfs, 



Goosander or Merganser. Br, Zool. 2. 260. taB^ 

 92./^*!. U./oLi^j. Ardi.ZooU 

 2.465. Ih.fupt.p.'j^. Lath. Sym 

 6. p. 418. 1. Mont, Orn. Di^. FoL 1* 

 Bewick's Bn Birds^ Ft, 2. p. 228. 



JL H I S fpecies varies exceedingly in Weight, foilietimes 

 weighing above five pounds and at others lefs than three ; its 

 length is about two feet four to fix inches, and breadth nearly 

 three feet fix inches. Bill three inches and a quarter long^ 

 on the infide of the upper mandible are a double row of fmall 



ferratures^ 



