ERISMATURA RUBIDA, RUDDY DUCK. 553 



ERISMATURA EUBIDA, (Wils.) Bp. 

 Ruddy Dnck. 



Anas ruUda, Wils., Am. Orn. viii, 1814, 128, 130, pi. 71, f. 5, 6,— Sab., FraDkl. Journ. 700. 



Anas (Fuligula) rniida, Bp., Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 268. 



Fuligula (Oxyura) ruhida, Bp., Syn. 1828, 390. 



Fuligula {Giimnura) ruhida, Nutt., Man. ii, 1834, 426. 



Fuligula ruhkla, S\v. &, Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 455.— Add., Oru. Biog. iv, 1838, 326 ; pi. 

 343 ; Syo. 1839, 288 ; B. Am. vi, 1843, 324, pi. 399.— GiR., B. L. I. 1844, 326.— 

 DeKay, N. Y. Zool. ii, 1844, 327.— Lemb., Av. Cub. 1850, 118. 



Cerconectes ruhida, Wagl., Isis, 1832, 282. 



Erismatura ruhida, Bp., List, 1838, 59; Compt, Reiicl. Sept. 1856, 652. — Eyt., Mon. Anat. 

 1838, 171.— Gray, List B. Br. Mus. 1844, 146 ; Gen. of B. iii, 1849, 627.— Bd., B. 

 N. A. 1858, 811.— SCL., P. Z. S. 1859, 393 (Oaxaca); Ibis, i, 1859, 232 (Guate- 

 mala, breeding). — Heerm., P. R, R. Rep. x, 1859, pt. vi, 70 (California). — Ross, 

 Canad. Nat. 1862.— Hayd., Rep. 1862, 176.— Blak., Ibis, 1862, 150.— Verr., Pr. 

 Ess. Inst, iii, 1862, 159.— Coues, ihid. v, 1868, 201.— Guxdl., Av. Cuba, 1866, 

 390.— Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv. Ter. 1870, 466.— Coues, Key, 1872, 295 ; Am. Nat. 

 viii, 1874, p. — . 



Biziura ruhida, Schl., Mus. P.-B. viii, 1865, 11. — Giebel, Nomeucl. Av. i, 1872, p. — . 



Anas jamaicensis, Ord, ed. Wils. viii, 1825, 138. 



Erismatura "dominica"* (err.), Holden, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv, 1872, 210. 



Hah. — North America at large. South to Guatemala, where found breeding at Du- 

 euas. Cuba (Cab., J. f. O. v, 1857, 230). 

 Lieutenant Warren's Expedition. — 5472, Mouth of the Platte. 

 Later Expeditions. — 60862, Pacific Creek, Wyoming. 



This species occurs throughout the Missouri regiou in suitable situa- 

 tions, during the migrations, and also breeds within such limits. I 

 found it nesting in numbers in the pools about Turtle Mountain, Da- 

 kota, where the young were swimming in July. It was also observed 

 during the breeding season in Montana, along the Milk Eiver and its 

 northern tributaries. 



Subfamily Merging: Mergansers. 



MERGUS MERGANSER, Linn. 



Merganser; Goosander; Sheldrake; Fishing Duck. 



Mergus merganser, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 208.— Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, .544. — Lath., 

 Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 828.— Wils., Am. Orn. viii, 1814, 68, pi. 68.— Temm., Man. 

 1820, 575.— Bp., Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 248; Syn. 1828, 397.— Doughty, Cab. N. 

 H. i, 1830, 109, pi. 10.— Flem., Br. An. 128.— .Jen., Man. 249.— Sw. & Rich., F. 

 B. a. ii, 1831. 461.— Nutt., Man. ii, 1834, 460.— Aud., Orn. Biog. iv, 1838, 261, 

 pi. 331 ; Syn.' 1839, 297 ; B. Am. vi, 1843, 387, pi. 411.— GiR., B. L. I. 1844, 339.— 

 Naum., V.'D. xii, 1844, 356, pi. 326.— Schl., Rev. Crit. 121.— Max., J. f. O. vii, 

 1859, 241.— Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 183.— Coues, Key, 1872, 296; and of 

 authors generally. 



* The synonymy of E. dominica is as follows: 



Anas dominica, Linn., Syst. Nat. 1, 1766, 201.— Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 521.— Lath., Ind. 



Oru. ii, 1790, 874.— Vieiix., Ency. Meth. i, 1823, 157.— M.vxlm., Naturg. Bras. 



iv, pt. ii, 1833, 938.— BuRM., Th. Bras, iii, 1856, 439. 

 Fuligula dominica, Stv.vu., Gen. Zool. xii, pt. ii, 1824, 203. 

 Erismatura dominica. Eyt., Mon. Anat. 1838,—. — Gray, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 1844, 146; Gen. 



of B. iii, 1849, 627.— Bp., Compt. Rend. 18.56, ().52.— Cab., J. f. O. v, 1857, 2.U.— 



Newt., Ibis, 18.59, 367.— Scl., P. Z. S. 1860, 254.— Gundl., Av. Cuba, 1866, 391.— 



Reinh., Vid. Med. 1870, 20.— Coues, Key, 1872, 295. 

 Biziura dominica, Schl., Mns. P.-B. viii, 1865, 9. 

 Anas spinosa, Gm., Syst. 'Nut. i, 1788, 522.— Lath., Ind. Oru. ii, 1790, 874.— BuKM., Th. 



Bras, iii, 185(!, 440. 

 Cerconectes npinon(i, Wagl., Isis, 1832, 282. 

 Erismalnra spiuom, GossK, B. .Jam. 1847, 404. 

 Erismatura orlggoidcs, iiossv:, B. .Jam. 1847, 407.— Bp., Compt. Rend. 1856, 652. 



Hub. — West Indies aud South America. Accidental in North America. (Lake Cham- 

 plain, Cabot, Pr. Bost. Soc. vi, 375, and Wisconsin, ibid, xiv, 154, aud Am. Nat. v, 441.) 



