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| ‘notcher in the beak, are very ufeful to him te hald, 
the fith, which are flippery. ) , = 
The Goofander fwims with his boy under 
water; his head only appears above. He can 
dive vety well, and for along time. Though his 
wings be short, he can fy 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, glofled 
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, 7 
Though the Goofander be a beautiful bird, yet: 
his fleth is not very good to eat. There is a cons 
. trivance in the body for ait, which he can ufe 
under waters las 
| The Goofandet makes its fel. on the thore. 
The female Goofander is always much lefs than 
_ the male, and her colours lefs beautifal, 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 
ia feeds; and the Goofanders, and many kinds of 
.. water fowls, feed upon them in the fummer, 
‘There are feveral kinds of Goofanders; fomé 
ate called Deen ayes and fome are called 
SMews ; 
