Ducks. 



129. American Merganser (Merganser americanus). 

 L. 25; B. from nostril, 1.5; nostril midway between 

 eye and tip of bill. Ad. $. No band of streaks on 

 breast; no crest. Ad. 9 . and Yng. Chin white; crown 

 and throat reddish brown; rest of underparts and spec- 

 ulum white; above and tail ashy. 



Range. — North America; breeds from New Brunswick, rarely 

 mountains of Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and mountains of Colorado 

 and California northward; winters from Maine and British Columbia 

 south to South Carolina and southern California. 



I 30. Red-breasted Merganser {Merganser- serrato?). 

 L. 22; B. from nostril, 1.8; nostril nearer to eye than to 

 tip of bill. Ad. cf 1 . Breast with a broad cinnamon 

 band streaked with black; head feathers lengthened. 

 Ad. 9 and Yng. Crown grayish brown, washed with 

 rusty. Chin and throat paler; rest of underparts and 

 speculum white; back and tail ashy. Notes. When 

 alarmed, several low, guttural croaks. (Elliot.) 



Range. — Northern hemisphere; breeds, in America, from New Bruns- 

 wick and northern Illinois north to Greenland and Alaska; winters 

 from southern breeding limits, south to Cuba and Lower California. 



13 1. Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cuntllatus). 

 L. 17.5. Ad. (J 1 . A large, circular black and white 

 crest. Ad. 9 Yng. A small cinnamon crest, head, 

 neck and breast grayish brown; back, blackish; belly 

 white. Notes. "A hoarse croak, like a small edition 

 of that of the Red-breasted Merganser." (Elliot.) 



Range.— North America from Cuba and Lower California north to 

 Labrador and Alaska; breeds locally throughout its range, chiefly in 

 interior of British America; winters from British Columbia, Illinois, 

 and Massachusetts southward. 



132. Mallard (Anas bosckas). L. 23. Speculum 

 (patch in wing; purple bordered by black and white; 

 under surface of wing pure white. Ad. rj'. Head 

 green; breast chestnut, a white neck-ring. Ad. 9- 

 Above blackish and buffy, below rusty buff mottled 

 with dusky grayish brown. Notes. The familiar 

 quack of the barnyard Duck. 



Range. — Northern hemisphere; breeds, in America, from Labrador, 

 Indiana, Iowa, and California north to Greenland and Alaska; winters 

 from British Columbia, Kansas, and New Jersey to Central America 

 and West Indies. 



143. Pintail (Dafila acuta) . L. J, 28; 9, 22. Ad. 

 Central tail feathers black, 7.5 long, pointed. Ad. 

 Tail 3.5,; feathers sharply pointed; brownish black, 

 with buff bars; under wing-coverts dusky and buff; 

 back blackish with internal buff loops. Notes. A loud 

 quack, less sonorous than that of the Mallard; a low 

 mellow whistle, and a harsh rolling note. (Nelson.) 



Range.— Northern hemisphere; breeds, in America, from New Bruns- 

 wick, Iowa, Illinois, and British Columbia northward; winters from 

 British Columbia, Illinois, and Virginia, south to Central America and 

 West Indies. 



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