BRITISH BIRDS. 
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md colour, but in fome duiky. The head Is cover- 
ed or crowned with a great quantity of feathers, 
which; when ere£led5 form a creft ; at other times 
they are laid flatly down, and fall over the nape of 
the neck : thefe feathers are of a glofly bottle green 
colour ; and the ched^s, throat, and upper fore part 
of the neck, dull black : the lower part of the neck, 
the breafl:, belly, vent, and inner coverts of the 
wings are of a beautiful kind of cream colour : the 
upper part of the back, and adjoining fcapulars are 
a fine glofly black; the others bordering on the 
wing, white : the coverts at the fetting on of the 
wing, black; the refl pure white; the fecondary 
quills are the fame, narrowly edged with black : the 
primaries duiky : the middle of the back and rump 
are alh-colour ; from the thighs to the fides of the 
tail, waved and freckled with alh and white : the 
tail confilts of eighteen dark bluilh grey feathers : 
the legs and feet are deep fcarlet, like fealing-wax. 
Willoughby fays — It hath a huge bony labyrinth 
on the windpipe, juft above the divarications ; and 
the windpipe hath, befides, two fwellings out, 
one above another, each refembling a powder- 
pulF/’* It is probable that the whole genus have 
a fimilar kind of windpipe, and that the ufe of it 
is to contain the air, which the bird refpires while 
diving, and remaining long under water. 
^ The Red-breaded Goofander has the fame. 
