FAMILY ANATID.E. — DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS. 61 



ORDER ANSERES. 



Lamelli rostral Swimmers. 



FAMILY ANATID/E. 

 Ducks, Geese, and Swans. 



SUBFAMILY MERQIN/E. 

 Mergansers. 



Fish=eating Ducks having narrow bills with tooth=like serrations on 

 edges, and the tarsus, scutellate in front. 



* Group 1. Wing, from 6.50 to 8.50 inches long. 

 Section I. Bill, narrow, with tooth=like serrations. 



I.oplioilytev- cucullaliis fin.ilc). l-oplioilytPs ouculliitut-. 



Head, brownish or grayish; t;ir.<iis, less than 1.50; rrost, small (t't'iii,il<- .iinrnmiKituro"). 



LnphodijU's ciu-idhiiK^. MoodeJ Merganser. 



Sec No. SS. 



Head, with black and white crest ; laisus, less than \.'M (malt-). 



Lophodytes cue id hit us. Hooded rierganser. 

 SSee No. 88. 



Vov ilirt-rtioiis lor incasuifincMit, see |>«Ke 9. 



