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WEB-FOOTED. 
Inhabits all parts of the ocean but the fpecies moft numerous in 
the high fouthern latitudes, as the Auks are in the northern. 
Many have the faculty of fpurting an oily liquid out of their 
ftomachs. 
Procellaria of Linneus, Procellaria and Puffinus of Brijfon. Lin- 
naeus has VI fpecies, Brijfon VII. 
XC. MERGAN- Bill, (lender, a little deprefled, furnifhed at the end with a 
crooked nail. Edges of each mandible very fharply ferrated. 
Nostrils, near the middle of the mandible, fmall and fub-ovatedv 
Tongue, (lender. 
Feet, the exterior toe longer than the middle. 
Ex. Goofander, Br. Zool. fol. tab. N *. 
Red-breafted Goofander, Br. Zool. II. XCIII. 
Great divers, feed on fi(h. 
Mergus of Linneus, and Merganfer of Brijfon , VI. 230. Lin- 
neus has VI fpecies, Brijfon VII. The name, Merganfer, or 
Diving-Goofe. 
Inhabits the North of Europe , and North America . 
XCI. DUCK. Bill, ftrong, broad, flat, or deprefled ; and commonly furnifhed 
at the end with a nail. Edges marked with fharp Lamella . 
Nostrils, fmall, oval. 
Tongue, broad, edges near the bafe fringed. 
Feet, middle toe the longeft. 
Ex. Br. Zool. II. tab. XCVIL 
Found in all climates. 
Anas 
