stomach of one of those above-mentioned was an entire 
muscle-shell, and the remains of some others. 
It measures seventeen inches in length, and twenty-seven 
in breadth ; its weight is about twenty-two to twenty-four 
ounces. Bill two inches long, slender; irides hazel; legs 
deep lead colour. The female which has been considered 
as a distinct species, under the appellation of the Minute 
Merganser, Mergus minutits, forms the subject of the 
following plate. 
MERGUS ALBELLUS. {Fmnina.) 
FEMALE SMEW, 
Female Smew. Head and upper part of the neck fer- 
ruginous mixed with ash colour; throat 
and breast white ; wing spott white. 
Mergus Minutus. Lin, 8ysi. v. 1 . p^^09. Gmel Sysl 
V. 2. p, 548. Ind. Orn. v. 2. p. 575. 
Mergus Glacialis. Raii Syn. p. 135. 
Red-headed Smew. Br. ZooL v. 2. p. 26S. ? Jrct. 
ZooL V. 2. p. 540. Mont. Orn. Diet, 
Bewick's Br. Birds, pt.2. p. 240. 
Female Smew. Latham Syn. Sup. 2. p. 338. Mont. 
Orn. Did. Sup, Br. Bool. Svo, ed. v. 2. 
p. 216. 
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This is an elegant diminutive bird, scarcely exceeding 
the Teal in size ; it measures about fourteen inches in 
length, and twenty-two in breadth ; and weighs rather less 
than one pound. 
The young males correspond in colour, and have a gene- 
ral resemblance to the adult female, they do not attain their 
full plumage for several years. This species which has not 
been known to breed in this country, is supposed to retire to 
the more Northern parts of Europe and America during the 
breeding season : we are unacquainted with the nest and 
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