. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . ^c2 238 BRITISH THE SMEW, OR WHITE NUN.(Mergus alhellast Lin.—Le petit Hark huppe, ou la Fietfe, Buff.) The Smew is about the size of a Wigeon : the bill isnearly two inches long, of a dusky blue colour, thickestat the base, and tapering into a more slender and narrowshape towards the point •, it is toothed like those of therest of this tribe : the irides are dark: on each side ofthe head, an oval-shaped black patch, glossed with green,is extended from the corners of the mouth over the eyes :the under side of the crest is bl
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . ^c2 238 BRITISH THE SMEW, OR WHITE NUN.(Mergus alhellast Lin.—Le petit Hark huppe, ou la Fietfe, Buff.) The Smew is about the size of a Wigeon : the bill isnearly two inches long, of a dusky blue colour, thickestat the base, and tapering into a more slender and narrowshape towards the point •, it is toothed like those of therest of this tribe : the irides are dark: on each side ofthe head, an oval-shaped black patch, glossed with green,is extended from the corners of the mouth over the eyes :the under side of the crest is black; the other parts ofthe head and neck white: the breast, belly, and vent arealso white, excepting a curved black stroke, pointing for-ward from the shoulders on each side of the upper partof the breast, which, on the lower part, has also similarstrokes pointing the same way : the back, the coverts onthe ridge of the wingSj and the primary quills, are black: BRITISH BIRDS. 239 the secondaries and greater coverts black, tipped withwhite: the middle coverts and the scapulars w
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