LAMELLIEOSTEES ANATIDAE MEEGUS MERGANSER. 



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ERISMATORA RUBIDA (Wils.). 

 Ruddy Duck. 



Anas rubida, WILS., Am. Orn., viii, 1814, 128, 130, pi. 71, figs. 5, G. 



Erismatura rubida, BD., Birds N. A., 1858, 811. J<7., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, 

 pt.ii,1859, Birds, 27. HEEBM., P. E. R. Rep., x,' 1859, pt. iv, 70 (California). 

 XANTUS, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 193 (Port Tejon, Gal.). 

 HENRY, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 109 (New Mexico). HAYD., 

 Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., xii, 1862, 176. STEV., U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1870, 

 466. ALLEN, Bui. Mus. Cornp. Zool., 1872, 183 (Great Salt Lake, Septem- 

 ber). COTJES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 583. SNOW, Birds Kan., 1872, 15. 

 YARROW & HENSHAW, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 32. 

 HENSHAW, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 147. COUES, 

 Birds Northwest, 1874, 583. 



Erismatura " dominica" (err.), HOLD., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xv, 1872, 210. 



This species was present, though in small numbers, at Utah Lake in 

 November. A specimen was also shot at the old crater south of Zuili, N. 

 Mex. It probably occurs throughout the entire Middle and Southern 

 Regions, at least during the migrations. 



MERGUS MERGANSER, Linn. 

 Sheldrake. 



Mergus merganser, LINN., Syst. Nat., i, 17G6, 208. ALLEN, Bui. Mus. Comp. Zool., iii, 

 1872, 183. GOUES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 296. Id., Birds Northwest, 

 1874, 583. 



Mergus amcricanus, CASS., Proc. A^ad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1853, 187. BD., Birds N. A., 

 1858, 813. HENRY, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 109 (New Mexico). 

 COOP. & SUCKL., P. R. R. Rep., xii, pt. ii, 1860, 263. HAYD., Trans. Am. Phil. 

 Soc., xii, 1862, 176. STEV., U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1870, 466. SNOW, Birds 

 Kan., 1873, 11. 



Mergus merganser var. americanus, HENSHAW, An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., xi, 1874, 13. 



I noticed quite a number of this species on a little stream in Northern 

 New Mexico in November of the past season. It also occurs in Utah. - 



