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MERGUS ALBELLUS. 
SMEW. 
Crest pendent; hind-head black; body 
white; back and temples black: wings 
variegated. 
Mergus albellus, Lin Gme. Lath. 
La Piette, Buff. Sonn. 
Mergus Rheni, Raii. Will. 
Mergus major, Cirrhatus, Raii. 
Smew or White Nun, Pen. Lath. Bew, 
Mont. 
Mergus minutus, Lin. Gme. 
Mergus Stellatus, Briss. 
Mergus glacialis, Raii. Pen. &c. 
Mergus cristatus minor, Briss. 
Red headed Smew, or Lough Diver, 
Bew. 
Red headed Smew, or Weesel Coot, Bew. 
Minute Merganser, Lath. Lew. Mont. 
Lough-diver, Bew. 
The male of this species measures seven- 
teen inches in length and twenty six and a 
half inches in breadth. 
The young male resemble its female 
