BRITISH BIRDS. 
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DUN-DIVER, 
OR SPARLING-FOWL. 
{^Mergus cajlor^ Hark cendrS, ou k Bievre^ BufF.) 
This is of the fame form as the Goofander, but 
differs from that bird in its plumage and fize : it 
mealures twenty-feven inches in length, and thirty- 
five in breadth,— and, when in good condition, 
weighs fometimes between three and four pounds. 
The bill, from the tip to the corners of the mouth, 
is two inches and a quarter long, of a red colour, 
but darker on its ridge ; the hooked horny nail of 
the upper mandible is blackifh ; the tip of the under 
one white. The head and upper part of the neck 
are of a deep chefnut ; the creft, the feathers of 
which are foft, very long, and pendent, is of a 
deeper fhade of the fame colour : the chin and up- 
per part of the throat are white : the back, fcapu- 
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