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yotcher in the beak, are very ufeful to him to hold 
the fifh, which are flippery. 
The Goofander fwims with his body under 
; water} his head only appears above. He can 
“dive very well, and for along time. Though his 
_ wings be fhort; he can fly fwiftly; and very often 
he fkims juft above the water. The fore part of 
his body is of a pale yellow; the upper part of the - 
neck, and head, is of a beautiful black, gloffed 
with green ; the feathers are fine, long; and filky; 
and as they are raifed from the forehead and back 
part of the head, the head feems large, and the 
feathers form a creft, 
Though the Goofander be a beautiful bird, yet 
"his flefh is not very good to eat. There is a con- 
grivance in the body for airs which he can ufe 
under waters 
The Goofander makes its neft on the: fhore. 
The female Goofander is always much lefs thai 
the male, and her colours lefs beautiful. In the 
fummer they abound in Lapland. In the lakes 
of that country, Mr: Maupertuis obferved a great 
quantity of the eggs of infects; they looked like 
feeds ; and the Goofandets, aad many kinds of 
water fowls, feed upon them in the fummer. 
There are feveral kinds of Goofanders ; fomé 
are called Deen divers; and fome are called 
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