. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. 162 Order VIII in a hole in broken ground or in the artificial boxes used by the natives of the north; the dozen or more eggs are large and of a distinct cream-colour. The Red-breasted Merganser {M. serrator) prefers the sea to inland waters in the cold season, and is much commoner than the last-named " Sawbill," breeding. Red-breasted Merganser freely in the Shetlands, the Orkneys, and the north and north-west of Ireland and Scotland, both inland and on the coast. The foreign range is north of the Baltic in Europe and s
. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. 162 Order VIII in a hole in broken ground or in the artificial boxes used by the natives of the north; the dozen or more eggs are large and of a distinct cream-colour. The Red-breasted Merganser {M. serrator) prefers the sea to inland waters in the cold season, and is much commoner than the last-named " Sawbill," breeding. Red-breasted Merganser freely in the Shetlands, the Orkneys, and the north and north-west of Ireland and Scotland, both inland and on the coast. The foreign range is north of the Baltic in Europe and similar latitudes in Asia and America. As in the case of the Goosander, the nest consists of little but down, but this is brownish grey instead of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Evans, A. H. (Arthur Humble). Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press
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