G4. MEEGANSER. 



475 



Males in moulting plumage closely resemble adult females, but 

 have traces of a black ring round the neck, arc darker on the back 

 and shoulders, and show the whitish wing of the immature bird 

 {Seehohm). 



Young in down. Similar to that of M. serrator, but perhaps not 

 so dark on the upper parts. 



Hah. Northern jjarts of the Palcearctic region, from Western 

 Europe to Kamtschatka ; in winter extends from Southern Europe 

 and the basin of the Mediterranean to China and Japan. 



et 6 



et 



a. (S ad. sk. 

 6. 2 ad. sk. 



c, d. Pull, st 

 e. cS ad. St. 

 /. Juv. St. 

 (/. (S ad. St. 

 /i, i. d ad. 



juv. sk. 

 A-. ■ 5 ad. sk. 

 /, m, n. J 5 ad. st. 

 o. 2 ad. St. 

 p, q. (S iuini 



$ ad. sk. 

 r. 5 ad. St. 

 s. 2 ad. sk. 



t. 2 ad.. St. 

 u. 2 ad. sk. 

 r, %v. 2 ad. et S 



juv. sk. 

 .7-.'2 ad.sk. 

 y. 2 ad. sk. 



z. 2 ad. sk. 



a , b\ c . <S 2 ad. 



sk. 

 d'. 2 ad. sk. 



e' . 2 ad. sk. 

 f',(l. 6 ad. et J 



juv. sk. 

 h'. 2 ad. sk. 



i 1 k'. S 2 ad. sk. 

 /'. 2 ad. sk. 

 »n'. S ad. sk, 

 n . Skeleton. 

 o' . Skeleton. 

 p', q'. SkuUs. 



Greenland. 



Orkney's {J. E. Uartiny). 



Gt. Britain. 

 Gt. Britain. 

 England. 

 Sutherland. 

 Lynu Harbour. 



Yarmouth, Norfolk, Dec. 



Norfolk. 



Norfolk. 



Wells, Norfolk, Jan., Nov. 



Rendlesham Park, Suffolk. 

 R. Dulas, Wales, Jan. 



Gloucestershire. 



Omsk, Aug. 



Yen-e-sav, Siberia, lat. 62^°, 



June (H. S.). 

 China. 

 Kiu-kiang, China, Dec. 



Chinkiang Canal, Yangtse R., 



winter. 

 Shanghai, China, March, Dec. 



(-R. Swinhoe). 

 Shanghai, China, Dec. 



Amoy, China (R. Swinhoe). 

 Corea. 



Hakodadi, Japan, April {Blah- 



idon). 

 Yokohama, Japan (//. Fryer). 

 Nagasaki, Japan, Dec. 



2. Merganser comatus. 



Hume CoD. 



H. J. Elwes, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Pm'chased. 

 Montagu Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Mrs. Flower [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Seehohm Coll. 



Purchased. 



J. Sabine, Esq. [P.]. 



Capt. H. W. Feilden 



[P.]. 

 Rev. W. Kirby [P.]. 

 Editor of ' Land and 



Water ' [P.]. 

 Montagu Coll. 

 Dr. O. Finsch [P.]. 

 Seehohm Coll. 



J. R. Reeves. 



F. W. Styan, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Lieut. Davies [P.]. 



Seehohm Coll. 



F. W. Styan, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seehohm Coll. 

 C. W. CampbeU, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seehohm Coll. 



F. Ringer, Esq. [P.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Purchased. 



Mergus serrator, Hodqx. {ncc Linn.) Graii'.s Zonl. Misc. p. 86, nn.626, 

 &27 (18^f4) ; S/iarj)e (lapsu), Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zoo/, v. p. 02 

 (Bala-Morgab) (1860). 



