. Uccelli britannici . pricot-yeUow, con un tubercolo nero alla base; irides bianco ; gambe andtoes arancio-rosso; vele nere. Lunghezza, 22 pollici. Femmina: Marrone sooty; un grande cerotto bianco opaco prima, e un più piccolo dietro, l'occhio; speculum meno definito che nel maschio. Il sig. Abel Chapman, confrontando questa specie con l'ultima de-scritta, ha dato la migliore immagine di esso. Egli dice: * il velvetscoter è una specie più grande e handsomer, il jet-black piumaggio dei vecchi drappi essendo particolarmente ricco e lucido, ed è facilmente distin-guished a qualsiasi distanza dal grande speculum bianco sulle ali, clo
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. British birds . pricot-yeUow, with a black tubercle at the base; irides white ; legs andtoes orange-red; webs black. Length, twenty-two inches. Female:sooty brown; a large dull white patch before, and a smaller onebehind, the eye ; speculum less defined than in the male. Mr. Abel Chapman, comparing this species with the last de-scribed, has given the best picture of it. He says: * The velvetscoter is a larger and handsomer species, the jet-black plumage ofthe old drakes being peculiarly rich and glossy, and is easily distin-guished at any distance by the broad white speculum on the wings, closely resembling an old black cock, if one could imagine such abird far out at sea. It is not known whether the velvet scoterbreeds in Scotland or not. In summer it is found on inland lakesin Scandinavia and Northern Russia, and it visits our coasts inwinter, but not in such large numbers as the common scoter. It isnot so exclusively marine in its habits as that species. G 008AN DEB 255 Goosander. Mergus merganser.. (i^ Fig. 86.—Goosander. ^ natural size. Bill and irides blood-red; head and upper neck glossy d-irkgreen ; lower neck and vinder parts white tinged with salmon-nink;upper back and scapulars black; wing-coverts white; primarisaand some of the secondaries ash-brown ; lower back and tail ash-grey; legs and feet orange-red. Length, twenty-six inches. Thefemale is less conspicuously coloured, and has a reddish brown headand neck. The mergansers are sea-ducks of slimmer and more elegantforma than the species already described, and differ from scaups, eiders, and scoters as terns differ from gull^. They have grebe-lienecks and long, slender, serrated bills, and a variegated plumagewith strongly contrasted colours. The goosander is the largest of the three British species, and isnot micommon in winter on some parts of the coast, and is abundantin the west districts of Scotland. Its visits to the coasts of Englandand Ireland occur chiefly in severe seasons. It is also a bre
