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Title: A history of British birds. By the Rev. F.O. Morris ..
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
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ird. It and the neck above, with the exceptionof the white patch just mentioned, are bluish black, with thesame rich tinge of purple and green: the lower part of itwhite. Nape, greji^h; chin and throat, bluish black, tinged 92 BUFFEL-HEADED DTJCK. with purple and green; -breast, white; back, black. Greaterand lesser wing coverts, white; primaries, greyish black;secondaries, white; tertiaries, black. Tail, pale ash grey;upper tail coverts, pale asli grey. Legs and toes, yellow. The female is less than the male. Length, one foot oneinch. Head, crown, and neck, greyish brown, with a patchof white behind the eye; breast, dull white. Back on theupper part, greyish brown, on the lower part black. Greaterand lesser wing coverts, dark greyish brown; primaries, darkgreyish brown; secondaries, white; tertiaries, dark greyishbrown. Tail, ash grey; legs and toes, bluish black. The young male at first resembles the female. I have arranged the above description from Yarrells account. !^ 11 111., ;!
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SMEW. LOUGH DIYER. WHITE NUIST. WHITE MERGj\J!iSEE. WHITE-HEADED GOOSANDER. SMEW MERGANSE:^, RED-HEADED SMEW. Mtrgus aJbelfus, PenXANT. MoNTAOa. mtniitus, LlNN^tUS. Asiuticus, G:melix. Merganser siellatits, EKISbON. Mergus—k Diver. Alhellus. Alhus—WhiiQ. The Smew is an exceeding!)^ elegant and handsome bird,fchougli its plumage is plain, coDsisting only of the two primitivecolours, so to call them. It occurs in Iceland, Sweden, Russia, Holland, France,Germany, Switzerland, Greece; also in Asia, in Persia,K.amtschatka, and Siberia, Asia Minor, about the Caucasus,and in Japan. It is known, though only as a straggler, inAmerica, in the Fur Countries, United States: it belongs toGreenland. It frequents the coast as well as rivers and inland waters,giving a preference, it would seem, to the latter, and not,like so many other birds we shall soon have to give accountof, to the deep, deep sea. In Yorkshire one was killed at Sutton-upon-Berwent, nearYork, in May, 1852, as the Rev. George R

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