ferratures, fimilar to thofe on the edges of the bill ; the tongue 

 has alfo a double row of thefe kind of teeth along the middle^ 

 and a fingle row on each fide, interfperfed with thick bridles, 

 the teeth on the upper furface are not obfervable except when 

 it is in the a£t of taking food ; irides red ; feathers on the 

 hind parts of the head and neck loofe and long, thefe it can 

 raife or deprefsat pleafure ; tail compofed of eighteen feathers ; 

 legs {Irong." We are at prefent uncertain with refpecl to the 

 identity of the female. 



The colour of the breaft in very old birds is generally white, 

 and we doubt much whether they lofe the rofy buff colour 

 till fix or feven years old. 



The trachla of this fpecies is curioufly enlarged, having 

 three fwellings that it can fill with air at pleafure, and which 

 are moft probably provided to affift the bird in refpiration 

 under water, where it frequently remains a long time in 

 fearch of food. 



The Goofander is a rare vifitant in the fouthern parts o£ 

 this ifland, though not very uncommon on the more northern ; 

 it is faid to breed in the OrknieS and remain there the year,, 

 though in very fevere weather it reforts to our rivers and lakes ; 

 on the 29th of November 1811, two of thefe birds were taken 

 in a net by a fiflierman in the Thames, near Woolwich ; they 

 were kept alive for fome months (from one of them our de- 

 fcription was taken) ; they were fed on fmall filh, particularly 

 fprats and herrings, and readily came on the approach of any 

 one, in expectation of food ; they always fwallow their food 

 head firfl ; befides fifh they frequently had fea-weed given 



them i 



