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OBSERVATIONS, &e. 
so called, from the female of the Red-breasted Merganser, 
because it has been hitherto entirely overlooked by ornitho- 
logists. If kept in view during future examinations, by 
such of our members as devote their leisure to the elucida- 
tion of ornithology, I have no doubt it will speedily receive 
sufficient illustration. 
