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HOODED MERGANSER. Mergus cucullatiis, Linnseus. 

 Length, 17*5 in.; bill, I'o in.; wing, 7*75 in.; tarsus, 

 1-4 in. 



Hah. North America, Alaska and Greenland, south 

 to Mexico and Cuba. 



One, Yarmouth, winter 1829 : Selby, Trans. N. H. Soc. 



Northumh., vol. i. p. 292 ; id. " 111. Brit. Orn.," vol. ii. 



p. 383; Paget, "Sketch of Nat. Hist. Yarmouth," p. 



12. In the collection of the late Mr. Selby, who adds 



{I.e.) : — " Since this capture I have been informed that 



more instances have occurred, all apparently females 



or young males in the garb of that sex." 

 One, Menai Straits, near Bangor, winter 1830-31 : Eyton, 



"Hist. Rarer Brit. Birds," p. 75 and figure. In the 



collection of Mr. Eyton. 

 One, Burton Park, Petworth, Sussex : Yarrell, " Hist. 



Brit. Birds," 3rd ed., vol. iii. p. 387. In the collection 



of the late Mr. Anthony Biddulph. 

 One, Stoke Nayland, Suffolk : Yarrell, fide Hoy, op. cit. 

 One, Dingle Bay, co. Kerry, winter 1 840 : Thompson, 



"Nat. Hist. Irel. (Birds)," vol. iii. p. 161. Doubtful. 

 One, Knockdrin, co. Meath : Watters, " Birds of Ireland," 



p. 215. Recorded on the authority of Glennon. 

 One, Caithness, prior to 1841 : Sinclair, "Cat. Birds Caith- 

 ness;" Shearer and Osborne, Pi'oc. Roy. Phys. Soc, 



Edinb., ii. p. 340 ; Gray, " Birds of W. Scotland," p. 398. 

 A pair near Leeds : Gould, " Birds of Great Britain ; " 



Clarke, " Handb. Yorks. Vert.," p. 59. In collection of 



Mr. W. Christy Horsfall. 

 One, Somersetshire : Baker, Soinerset. Archieol. Proc, p. 



146. Doubtful. 

 Three seen, Firth of Forth, May 5, 1853: Colquhoun, 



"Sporting Days," pp. 20, 21 ; Ilns, 1867, p. 239 ; Gray, 



" Birds of West of Scotland," p. 399. 

 Two, Sheerness, March 1870 : Mathew, ZooL, 1870, p. 2182. 



