THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
Head and neck brownish- 
black tinged with rufous on the 
sides; chest chestnut; breast 
and belly, white ; wing 7*3 
inches Baer’s Pochard: 
N. baeri ? , p. 370. 
g\ Head, neck and chest brown; 
lores whitish; breast and belly 
pure white; wing 8*0 inches . Scaup-Duck : 
N. marila ? , p. 371. 
V. A distinct crest of loose feathers 
about 1*5 inch in length; head, neck 
and chest brown; breast and belly 
pure white; wing 7*5 inches . . Tufted Duck: 
Fuligula fuligula ? , p. 374. 
/. Bill lengthened, cylindrical and strongly toothed, not ex- 
ceeding 0*3 inch in width at the tip, which is strongly hooked. 
g\ Head black, glossed with greenish; or black and white. 
iMales.) 
m\ Size larger; wing 9*0 to 11*0 inches; head and neck 
black, strongly glossed with green. 
x^. Occipital crest shorter, about 1*3 inch in length; 
chest white; rump grey; size larger; wing 11*0 
inches Goosander: 
Mergus merganser i , p. ^76. 
y. Feathers of the occipital crest very long and 
narrow, about 3*5 inches in length; chest pale 
rufous spotted with black; rump with fine wavy 
black and white bars Red-breasted Mergan- 
ser : M. serrator S , p. 378. 
w\ Size smaller; wing 7 to 8 inches long; head and 
neck black and white. 
y. Head and neck mostly white, with a moderate 
occipital crest of black and white feathers about 
1*5 inch in length; a large black patch on the 
forepart of the face, including the eye; wing 
7*5 inches; bill 1*2 inch Smew: M. albellus 
a. Head and neck mostly black, with a high com- />. 380. 
pressed and elevated crest consisting mostly of 
white plumes, tipped with black; wing about 
7*75 inches ; bill 1*6 inch Hooded Merganser : 
Lophodytes cucullatus , 
h\ Head and nape rufous, or rufous-brown, chin and P- 382. 
throat white or whitish. ^Females.) 
0 ^ Size larger; wing 8*5 to 9*5 inches. 
/3\ Head and neck chestnut; chin and throat pure 
white and sharply defined; occipital crest long 
and full, about 3*0 inches in length; wing 9*5 
inches Goosander: 
Mergus merganser S , p. 376. 
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