. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 264 BRITISH BIRDS*. SMEW, OR WHITE NUN.{^Mergus alhellus^ Lin,—Lepetit Hark huppe, on la Ptette, BufF.) The Smew Is about the fize of a Wigeon : thebill is nearly two inches long, of a dufky bluecolour, thickeft at the bafe, and tapering into amore flender and narrow fhape towards the point;it is toothed like thofe of the reft of this tribe : the:irides are dark: on each fide of the head, an oval-fhaped black patch, glolTed with green, is extendedfrom the corners of the mouth over the eyes : theunder fide of the creft is black; the ot
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 264 BRITISH BIRDS*. SMEW, OR WHITE NUN.{^Mergus alhellus^ Lin,—Lepetit Hark huppe, on la Ptette, BufF.) The Smew Is about the fize of a Wigeon : thebill is nearly two inches long, of a dufky bluecolour, thickeft at the bafe, and tapering into amore flender and narrow fhape towards the point;it is toothed like thofe of the reft of this tribe : the:irides are dark: on each fide of the head, an oval-fhaped black patch, glolTed with green, is extendedfrom the corners of the mouth over the eyes : theunder fide of the creft is black; the other parts ofthe head and neck white: the breaft, belly, andvent are alfo white, excepting a curved black ftroke^ BRITISH BIRDS. 265 pointing forward from the fhoulders on each fideof the upper part of the breaft, which, on the low-er part, has alfo fimilar ftrokes pointing the fameway: the back, the coverts on the ridge of thewings, and the primary quills, are black: the fe-condaries and greater coverts black, tipped withwhite : the middle coverts and the fcapulars white:t
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