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159. Mergtis serratorj Linn. Red-breasted Merganser. 



Mergus serrator, Liun., Gm., Lath., Pall., 111., Wils., Temm., Boie, Licht., 

 Brehin, Bp., Flem., Sw. & Rich., Nutt., And., Keys. &, Bias., Naum., Gray, 

 Schl., and nearly all authors. 



Merganser serrator, Vieil., Steph., Bj). 



Mergus uiger, Gin. 



Mergus cristatas, Brunn. 



Mergus leucomelas, Brehni. 



Length, 2.3.25 ; wing, 8.G0 ; tarsus, 1.80. 

 JTab. — IS^ortbern liemispbere (Coues). 



Mr. Bartram has an undoubted specimen, obtained by Mm near St. 

 George's. 



IGO. Mergus ciicullatus, Linn. Hooded Merganser. 



Mergus cucuUatus, Linn., Gm., Lath., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Nutt., Jen., And., 

 Eyt., Keys. &. Bias., Temm., Gray, Schl., Gir., Cass., Scl., Coues. 



Merganser cucuUatus, Stopli., Bp., Macgill. 



Lophodytes cucuUatus, Reich., Bp., Bd., Scl., Coop. & Suck., Verr., Coues, 

 Gundl., Dress., Dall & Banu., Allen, and of many writers. 



Length, 17.50 ; wing, 7.90 ; tarsus, 1.20. 



j[ab. — Whole of ISortb America; Europe; Cuba (Coues). 



A female was caught near Ireland Island by one of the crew of H. M. 

 S. Scourge, on the 10th of January. 1819, and one was shot near St. 

 George's on the 23d December, 1850. A third example was obtained 

 by Mr. Bartram, and is now in his collection. 



Order STEGANOPODES. 



Family SULID^. 

 Genus Sula, Briss. 

 IGl. JSula fiber, Linn. Booby Gannet. 



PeJecanus fiber, Liun. 



Pelecanus sula, Linn. 



Dysporus sula. 111., Bp. 



Sula hrasiliensis, Spix. 



Sulafusca. Vieil., Bp., Nutt., And. 



Length, 31.00; wing, 1G.50; tarsus, 1.70; tail, 8.50. 



Eab. — Gulf of Mexico ; Atlantic coast from Georgia southward (Baird). 



Colonel Wedderburn records the occurrence of one of these birds, 

 which flew into one of the barrack-rooms at Fort Catherine on October 

 3, 1847. Another, in Mr. Bartram's collection, was shot by an officer 

 with a revolver, curiously enough, very near the same fort, and a young 

 bird in Lieutenant Denison's collection was caught alive on the rocks 

 near Fort Cunningham (at no great distance from Fort Catherine) on 

 the 26tli September, 1875, living for a short time in confinement. 



