Goosander n. (Zool.) A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser.
... perpendicularly for many hundred feet. This lake abounds in white and yellow perch and in pickerel; of the latter single specimens are often caught which weigh fifteen pounds. There were a few wild ducks on both lakes. A brood of the goosander or red merganser, the young not yet able to fly, were the occasion of some spirited rowing. But with two pairs of oars in a trim light skiff, it was impossible to come up with them. Yet we could not resist the temptation to give them a chase every day when we first came ... — Wake-Robin • John Burroughs
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