particularly in severe winters ; but it's native 
regions seem to lie in higher northern latimdes. 
The- length of the male is about two feet four 
inches ;..thc breadth about three feet two inches ; 
and the weight four pounds. The bill is three 
inches long, narrow, and finely serrated ; and 
both that and the sides are red. The head is 
large; and the feathers on it's hind part are 
long and loose. 
The female of the common. Goosander is 
less than the male ; and has frequently been 
called, by naturalists, who erroneously con- 
sidered it as a different species, tlie Dun 
Diver. 
The Red-Breasted Goosander, which breeds 
in Scotland and the Hebrides, is much smaller 
than the common species. It's length is one 
loot nine inches ; it's breadth two feet seven 
inches ; and it's weight little luore than two 
pounds^ The bill is three inches long ; the 
lower mandible being red, and the upper dusky: 
and tlie irides are of a purplish red. The head 
and tliroat are of a beautiful varying black and 
green i the former being adonieu witli a long 
pendent 
