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black before, grey behind ; the lower fore-neck, breast, sides, 
and abdomen, pinkish buff-colour ; sides of the rump undu- 
lated with grey and white ; outer scapulars, wing-coverts, 
and secondary quills, white. Female with the crest longer 
and more slender ; the bill and feet of a duller tint ; the head 
and upper neck light reddish-brown, the throat whitish, the 
lower neck pale grey, the feathers edged with white, the 
breast and abdomen white, the sides grey ; the upper parts 
deep ash-grey, as are the smaller wing-coverts ; some of the 
secondary quills, and their coverts, white, unless at the base. 
Young similar to the female. 
Male, 26, 36, llj, 2*, Iff, 2J, T ^. Female, 24, 33. 
Widely dispersed in summer over the northern regions of 
both continents. Some individuals remain to breed in the 
remotest parts of Scotland and its islands. In winter it is 
met with sparingly in all parts of Scotland, as well as in 
many districts in England. At all seasons it prefers lakes 
and rivers to estuaries, but may be seen even in summer 
fishing in the sea. It is shy, vigilant, and active, flies with 
rapidity, and dives with great dexterity. The nest is com- 
posed of grass, sedge, and fibrous roots, lined with down. 
The eggs, seven or eight, are two inches and seven-eighths 
long, two inches broad, nearly equally rounded at both ends, 
smooth, and of a uniform dull cream-colour. The flesh is 
coarse and unsavoury. 
Goosander. Greater Goosander. Saw-bill. Jack-saw. 
Dun Diver. 
Mergus Merganser and Castor, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 209. — - 
Mergus Merganser and Castor, Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 828.— 
Mergus Merganser, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. ii. 881. — Mergan- 
ser Castor, Buff-breasted Merganser, MacGillivray, Brit. 
Birds, v. 
268. Mergus Serrator. Bay-necked Goosander. 
Male twenty-four inches long, with a longitudinal crest of 
linear feathers, of which two separate tufts are longer than 
the rest ; the bill and feet red ; the head and upper neck 
greenish-black ; the back black before, grey with dusky lines 
behind ; the middle fore-neck light red, streaked with dusky, 
breast and abdomen pure white, sides and hind part of back 
undulated with dark grey lines ; a white patch on the wing, 
including the smaller wing-coverts, with two transverse 
black bands. Female with the crest smaller, the bill and 
feet of a duller tint ; the head and upper neck light reddish- 
brown; the throat whitish, the lower neck brownish-grey ? 
