RED-BREASTED GOOSANDER. 
pendent crest of the same colour. The upper 
part of the neck, of the breast, and the whole 
belly, are white ; the lower part of the breast 
is ferruginous, spotted with- black ; the upper 
part of the back is black ; and, near the inser- 
tion of the wings, there are some white fea- 
thers, edged and tipped with black. The ex- 
terior scapulars are black, the interior being 
white ; the lower part of the back, the coverts 
of the tail, and the feathers that cover the 
thighs, are elegantly marked with wavy lines 
of black ; the coverts on the ridges of the 
wings are dusky the greater coverts are half 
black and half white ; the secondaries, next 
the quill-feathers, are marked in the same 
manner; and the quill-feathers are dusky. 
The tail is short, and of a brown colour ; 
and the legs, which are strong, are orange- 
coloured. 
In the female, the upper part of tlie neck 
is of a deep rust-colour ; the crest is short ; 
the throat is white ; the fore parts, both of 
the neck and breast, are marbled with deep 
ash-colour; the belly is white; the great 
quill- 
