224 



MERGANSEliS. 



MERGANSERS. 



Long-bodied, long-necked Ducks with 

 slender bills, fig. 166. Males appear in the 

 eclipse or female plumage in summer. 



189. MERGANSER. 

 Large, 24; head upper neck and anterior 

 back, black; remainder of back, ashy; white 



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FiiT. 171 



Vicr, 172 



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Mallard. 1-12. Black Duck. 1-2. 



beneath, stronirlv tinged with salmon; bill 

 and feet, orange. Large white wing-patch, 

 iig. 167. Female and summer male; head 

 and neck reddish with a well defined line of 

 demarkation between it and the white 

 beneath; throat, white; back, wholly ashy. 

 Young, similar to female. Breeds from Pa. 



