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Description .—Male—head, crest and upper neck, black. Lower neck, 
upper mantle, lower plumage, sides of the body, axillaries and wing coverts, 
tinged with salmon pink. Lower part of the mantle and upper back, black ; 
lower back, rump, upper tail coverts, grey ; outer web of the primaries, black; 
inner web, drab. Margins of the bill furnished with saw-like teeth (the chief 
difference from other ducks), while the bill itself is very narrow. The female 
has the chin and throat white and the head, crest and neck, chestnut-brown. 
The whole upper plumage is grey, the whole lower plumage is white. It is an 
incessant diver botii up and down stream and a voracious eater, and its flesh is 
extremely rank and unpalatable. It haunts fresh water, close to forest. Male 
Length, 26 inches; wing, 11J inches ; tail, about 5 inches. Female—Length, 
24 inches; wing, 10|- inches; tail, inches. Bill, vermilion in both sexes; 
nail, black ; irides, red; legs and feet, red ; weight, lbs. 
THE SMEW. 
Mergua albellus. Native name : Neheune , Hind. 
Habitat .—Fairly common in the northern parts of the Peninsula. 
Description .—It resembles the Goosander, having the bill furnished with 
saw-like teeth and following it in general outline ; but the bill in both sexes 
