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Gibbs); one killed in Allegan Co. (O. and O., Vol. XVII, 1892, p. 143); one in museum 

 from Berrien Co.; "one taken at Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., in 1882" (L. W. Watkins); 

 " two killed in a flock of forty or fifty, at Cambria, Mich., and now mounted in a store 

 in Hillsdale '' ( F. M. Falconer); •' Keweenaw Point" ( Kneeland). 



Order ANSERES. Lamellirostral Swimmers, 



Family ANATID^E. Ducks, Geese and Swans. 



Birds with thick feathers, lamellate bills, palmate feet ; food, mostly vegetable ; some 

 insects, etc. 



Subfamily MERGINiE. Mergansers. 



Gknus merganser Beiss. 



39-1 29-( 743 ). Merganser aniericanus (Cass.). American Merganser; Mergan- 

 ser ; Goosander ; Fish Duck. 



Common; ''throughout the state" (A. H. Boies); migrant or winter resident; 

 reported from St. Clair Flats ; " have seen acres of water covered by them in spring " 

 ( Dr. W. C. Brownell ); '" occasionally see one or two on the lake at Port Sanilac" (W. 

 A. Oldfield ); "common at St. Joseph" (O. B. Warren); " Kent Co. and summer resi- 

 dent at Mackinac Island " (S. E. White); "common at Iron Mountain " (E. E.Brews- 

 ter); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "common migrant on Lake Erie'' (Jerome 

 Trombley); included in Dr. Sager's list of 1839; occasionally a summer resident, 

 especially in the northern part of this state, where it may breed. This fine bird is very 

 common at Saginaw Bay and about all the lakes in spring and fall ; it is not fit for 

 table use ; " tolerably common at Heisterman's Island, Saginaw Bay, in the fall where 

 I started an old bird with brood, June 4, 1888, as I did not take her, I may be mistaken 

 in identification " ( N. A. Eddy). 



Red-bre£i8ted Merganser, natural size. 



40-1 30-( 744). Merg-anser serrator {Linn.). Red-breasted Merganser. 



Rare ; migrant ; winter resident ; often in large flocks ; we have it from Saginaw Bay ; 

 taken at Plymouth by J. B. Purdy ; " common on Saginaw Bay " ( N. A. Eddy ); A. A. 

 Boies reports it from St. Joseph Co.; "common migrant on Lake Erie" (Jerome 



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