260 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 



Kdb. — Nortli America, coastwise; Jamaica; Europe, rare (Coues). 



Two recorded iu "The Naturalist in Bermuda" — one killed with a 

 stick iu Hamilton Harbor on the 8th January, 1849, and another shot 

 in Pembroke Marsh on the 7th October, 1854. Lieutenant Hussey, 

 Boyal Engineers, shot one (a female) on a small i)ond near the light- 

 house, on the 17th November, 1874, and kindly i^resented it to me. 



Sub-family EEISMATURIN^. 

 Genus Erismatuka, Bp. 



157. Erismatura rubida, (Wils.) Bp. Euddy Duck. 



Anas ruhida, Wils., Sab. 



Anas {FuJiguIa) ruhida, Bp. 



Fuligula (Oxyura) ruhida, Bp. 



FuUgula {Gymnura) ruhida, Nutt. 



Fuligula ruhida, Sw. &, Rich., Aud., Gir., De Kay, Leml). 



Erismatura ruhida, Bp., Eyt., Gray, Bd., Scl., Heerm., Verr., Coues, Gtmdl., 



Stev. 

 Biziura ruhida, Sclil., Giebel. 

 Anas jamaicensis, Ord. 



Length, 16.00; wing, 5.80; tarsus, 1.26. 



Hab. — North America, at large; south to Guatemala, where found 

 breeding at Dueiias; Cuba (Coues). 



A young male of this species was shot by Dr. Cole, in a marsh near 

 Hamilton, on the 24th November, 1846. 



Sub-family MERGING. 

 Genus Mergus, Linn. 



158. Mergus merganser, Linn. Goosander. 



Mergus merganser, Liim., Gm., Lath., Wils., Temm., Bp., Flem., Jen., Sw. & 

 Rich., Nutt., Aud., Gir., Naum., Schl., aud authors generally. 



Mergus castor, Liuu., Gm., Lath., Keys. & Bias., Gray. 



Merganser castor, Bp., Macgill. 



Merganser castor var. americanus, Bp. 



Merganser raii, Leach. 



Merganser gulo, Steph., Leach. 



Mergus americanus, Cass., Bd., Coop. & Suck., Hayd., Dall, Dall & Bann., 

 Snow, Fiusch, aud of mauy late United States writers. 



Length, 26.50; wing, 11.00; tarsus, 1.84. 



Hal). — North America; Asia; Europe (Coues). 



Included iu Colonel Wedderburn's list as having been seen, but not 



obtained. 



