64. MEBOAN8ER. 



477 



d. 9 ad. sk. 



e. $ ad. sk. 



f-k. 



I- 2 



S 2 ad. sk. 

 ad. sk. 



m-y. (5 2 fid. et 



5 jUT. sk. 

 2. (5 ad. sk. 



a'-h'. S 2 ad. et 



6 jUT.sk. 

 »■'. 2 ad. sk. 



A;', c? ad. sk. 

 /'. $ ad. sk. 

 m'. (5 ad. sk. 

 «'. d" ad. sk. 

 o'-y'. d" 2 ^fl- sk. 

 ?o'. c? ad. sk. 

 .r'. Steruum. 



India. 



Indus River, Sept. (J. Bid- 



dulph). 

 Nepal (Hodgson). 

 Native Sikhini, Jan. (L. Man- 



delli.) 

 Native Sikhim, Nov. -Dec, 



April (L. MandeUi). 

 Sikhim (i. MiindelH). 



Sikliim, Feb. {L. MandeUi). 



Sikhim, Dec. 



Near Darjeeling:. 



Suddya, Assam, Feb. 



Bengal [Hardwicke) . 



I>inapur. 



]\lahanadi, Raipur Dist., Jan. 



Kukii-noor {Prjevalsky). 



Purchased. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



India Museum [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. (Tj-pe 



of the species.) 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU. (Type 



of the species.) 

 Hume Coll. 



J. Biddulph, Esq: 



[P.]. 

 Ilimie Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 Capt. S. Pin-svUl [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



3. Merganser americanus. 



Merpus merganser, Wils. (riec Linn.) Am. Orn. viii. p. 68, pi. 68 (1814) ; 

 Vieill. N. D. xiv. p. l'19 (part.) (1817) ; Bum. Diet. Sc. Nat. xx. 

 p. 292 (part.) (1821) ; Sp. Ohs. Wils. n. 248 (1825) ; id. Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y. ii. p. 397, u. 347 (1826) ; id. Speeek. Ctnnp. p. 74, n. 2G0 

 (1827) ; /(/. Syn. p. 397 (1828) ; Douyhty, Cab. X. H. i. p. 109, 

 pi. 10 (18.30) ;■ Sic. S,-Rich. Faun. Bor.-Am. ii. p. 461 (1831) ; Xidt. 

 Man. ii. p. 460 (1834) ; Eyt. Mem. Anat. p. 173 (part.) (1838) 

 (America, Peru !) ; Aud. Orn. Bioyr. iv. p. 261, pi. 331 (1838); 

 id. Syn. p. 297 (1838); id. £. Am. vi. p. 387, pi. 411 (1843); 

 G. B. Gr. List B. Brit. Mm. iii. p. 147 (e, f) (1844) ; Giraud, B. 

 Lonq Isl. p. 339 (1844) ; Wied, J.f. O. 1859, p. 241 (N. America) ; 

 Sehky. Mns. P.-B., Anseres, p. 2 (part.) (1866) : Allen, Bull. Mus. 



C. Z. iii. p. 183 (1872) ; Cones, Key, p. 296 (1872) ; id. Check-list, 

 n. 521 (1873) : id. B. N.-West, p. 583 (part.) (1874) ; Gieb. Thes. 



Orn. ii. p. 570 (part.) (1875) ; Coues, Check-list, 2nd ed. p. 117, 

 n. 743 (1882) ; id. Key X. Am. B. 2nd ed. p. 710, n. 743 (1884) ; 



Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 46, specim. d (1889) ; Brandt, J. f. 0. 



1891, p. 269 (Sitka). 

 Merganser castor, Bp. {nee Linn.) Comp. List, p. 59, n. 399 (1838). 

 Mergus americanus, Cass. Pr. Acad. Philad. 1853, p. 187 ; id. U.S. 



Expl. E.vped., Orn. p. 345 (1858) (Oregon) ; Baird, B. X. Am. 



p. 813 (1858) ; id. Cat. X. Am. B. n. 611 (1859) ; Coop. S<f Siickl. 



X. H. Wash. Terr. p. 263 (1860); Hatjd. Rep. 1862, p. 176; 



Dress. Lbis, 1866, p. 44 (Texas) ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. X. Y. viii. 



1866, p. 208 (1867) ; Dall ^- Bann. Tr. Chic. Acad. i. p. 301 



(1869) (Alaska); Stev. U.S. Geol. Sun: Terr. p. 466 (1870); 



Fimch, Ahh. Brem. Ver. iii. p. 71 (1872) ; Dall, Pr. Cal. Acad. v. 



(1873) p. 30 (Aleutians) ; Snotc, B. Kans. p. 11 (1873). 

 Merganser castor, a. americanus, Bp. Compt. Bend, xliii. p. 652 



(1856). 

 Mergus castor, part., G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 91, n. 10728 (1871). 

 Mergus merganser americanus, Ridyjc. Pr. U.S. Xat. Mus. iii. p. 205 



(1880) ; id. Xom. X. Am. B. n. 636 (1881); Bean, Pr. U.S. Xat. 



