British zoology . is one foot nine inches ; the breadth two ftttfeven: the bill is three inches long; the lower man-dible red -, the upper dufky: the irides a purplifhred : head and throat a fine changeable black andgreen : on the firft a long pendent creft of thefame color : upper part of the neck, of the breaft,and the whole belly white : lower part of the breaftferruginous, fpotted with black : upper part of theback black: near the fettins; on of the wings fomewhite feathers, edged and tipt with black: theexterior fcapulars black; the interior white: lowerpart of the back, the coverts of th
British zoology . is one foot nine inches ; the breadth two ftttfeven: the bill is three inches long; the lower man-dible red -, the upper dufky: the irides a purplifhred : head and throat a fine changeable black andgreen : on the firft a long pendent creft of thefame color : upper part of the neck, of the breaft,and the whole belly white : lower part of the breaftferruginous, fpotted with black : upper part of theback black: near the fettins; on of the wings fomewhite feathers, edged and tipt with black: theexterior fcapulars black; the interior white: lowerpart of the back, the coverts of the tail, and fearthers on the fides under the wings and over thethighs grey, elegantly marked with ziczag lines ofblack: coverts on the ridge of the wings dufky jthen fucceeds a broad bar of white: the greatercoverts half black, half white : the fecondaries nextthe quil feathers marked in the fame manner; thereft white, edged on one fide with black: the quil feathers Pi. XCI1I. Ar?2#l M.£rF. RED-BREASTED GOOSANDER.
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