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bands, the one upon and more than half across the 
breast, the other about an inch farther back ; sca- 
pulary feathers white, bordered on their outer web 
with a narrow edge of black, large tertials grey, 
secondaries and greater covers deep black tipped 
with white, upper tail-covers and tail grey. Tire 
female in distribution of colour resembles the other 
birds of the genus ; the head, nape, and back of the 
neck are chestnut red, darker under and between 
the eye and the bill where the male has the black 
spot; on the crown and occiput the feathers are 
elongated, and on the last are separated and some- 
what hackled ; the chin, throat, and upper part of 
the back, wliite ; the lower part of the neck, sides, 
and upper parts of the breast and flanks, grey ; 
lower breast, belly, and vent, pure white ; the back, 
scapulars, tertials, quills, and tail, blackish grey, on 
the back with a tint of brown ; middle part of the 
lesser wnng-covers white, secondaries and greater 
wing- covers deep black; the last secondary grey, ha- 
ving the outer web white, bordered with the tint of 
black. The young males of the year nearly equal 
the adults in size, but in plumage resemble the fe- 
male, that of the head is a clearer reddish brown, and 
without so much elongation behind ; the secondaries 
and greater covers are a deeper black, and the white 
tips are conspicuous. 
The Goosander, Mergus merganser. — Mer- 
gus merganser, male; M. castor, female, of authors. 
