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scapulars, and all the wing pure bluish 
ash-colour, very light ; the quills ash-co- 
lour, all, as well as the secondaries, tipped 
with white ; beak very deep lake red 5 irides 
deep brown ; legs crimson ; length eleven 
inches five lines." 
This species inhabits the rivers, lakes, 
and seas of eastern Europe ; is accidentally 
a bird of passage in Holland and Germany ; 
abundant in Russia and Livonia ; and is 
sometimes found on the lakes of Switzer- 
land ; feeds upon insects and worms. 
