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I. Nat., ton
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Goosande
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Goosander is |o he found in the north ei
latitudes, it breeds. The greater part i
orwav, and Lapland. I am aware that
s in the Outer Hebrides and other parts
;e*t th at the j lled-breasted Merganser
;i five in the, Midland counties <sf J&offh
>f thos
Maoe-i
ks apply i
o frequer
lily, they
is of £un
which coi
lake, <
the Uommtter, will
rpliosis cunld dfeet
eding-tiine. As so*
as, the black colour
t o f the female tba
tinjroished from ead and ver
id stale, uiit.il at least the sectwd fear.
1 The site chosen for the tr«-nbl.tiw of in eggs is a h o te ls a tree, umk;r a great stone,
¡1 ,1),' or among the herbag*! tef M The late Sir. Wheelwrigh't, in his ‘ Spri
i| Laplai*ri,' tells us that th< «sly tw«* set»: eggs found by him were }>otn placed on
j Hewim m states that “ ti of 'his «pecies were f a added to ouix collections b>
c| Mr. ft«ac%or,_ o f Durham, Woenfcd i3m tn during his visit to Iceland. The wo*
|| *e «j**
^ a jl island« m
t| ter
II tvisi;
fe. ;®«*rly reseaMe
4 dry i'-ass, with
iihHri' i the Red
near the sea-coas t, T
k.^awsr o f down and featton
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ky green head»
so similar to
s. could not be
ilar to the old