478 



Mus. V. p. 167 (1882) (Kodiak) ; Ilartl. J. f. O. 1883, p. 283 

 (Chilcoot, Alaska) ; B., B., S,- R. Water-B. N. Am. ii. p. 112 

 (1884) : Saund. YarreWs Hist. Brit. B. iv. p. 491 (1884-1885) ; 

 Seeb. Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 625 (1885) ; Matsch. u. Ziemer, J.f. O. 

 1885, p. 192 ; Seeb. B. Japan. Emp. p. 258 (1890). 

 Merganser americanus, Stejn. Orn. Expl. Kanitsch. p. 177 (1885) ; 

 A. O. U. Check-list N. Am. B. p. 113, n. 129 (1886) ; Turner, 

 Contr. Nat. Hist, of Alaska, p. 130 (1886) (Unalaska) ; Nelson, 

 Nat. Hist. Coll. in Alaska, p. 66 (1887) : Ridgiv. Ma7i. N. Am. B. 

 p. 89 (1887) ; Hatch, B. of Minnes. p. 34 (1892). 



Similar to M. merganser, but the male is distinguished by having a 

 black bar across the wing at the base of the greater coverts ; as 

 to the feathering at base of bill having quite distinct outline, as 

 stated by Mr. Ridgway, I cannot find much difference. 



Hah. Whole of North America, breeding south to northern border 

 of United States ; occasional in Bermudas. 



a,b. 6 9- «<1. sk. 



c. 2 ad. sk. 



d. 2 ad. St. 



e. $ ad. sk. 



/. 2 ad. sk. 

 g. (5 ad. sk. 

 h, i, k. 2 ad. et 



cj juv. sk. 

 I, m. 2 ad. et 



pull. sk. 

 n, o. Pull. sk. 



p. 2 ad. sk. 



Columbia River. 



British Columbia. 



Canada. 



49th Parallel, May. 



Vancouver Island, Nov. 



Vancouver Island. 



Lyon's Falls, New York, May, 



Nov. (A. J. Dayan). 

 4th Lake, Herkimer Co., New 



York, June {C. H. Merriam). 

 Adirondacks, New York, June 



(C. H. Merriam). 

 Corpus Christi, Texas, Dec. 



(F. B. Armstrong). 



J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 

 J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 

 Hudson's Bay Co. 

 N.America Boundary 



Comm. [P.]. 

 J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll 



4. Merganser squamatus. 



Mergus squamatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 184 (China) ; Hyf. Si/n. 

 Anat. p. 136 (1869) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 91, n. 10730 

 (1871) ; Sioinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 416 ; David Sf Oust. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 511 (1877). 



Male immature (type). Crown of the head, lengthened crest, and 

 neck rusty brown; throat and upper part of the neck in front 

 somewhat paler, but not white ; upper surface grey, freckled with 

 whitish on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; some of the shorter 

 scapulars have black edges ; upper wing-coverts greyish, the greater 

 ones and the secondaries black at the base, white on the apical 

 half ; the black bases of the greater coverts and of the secondaries 

 show somewhat through, so that two black bands, nearly hidden, 

 cross the wings ; primaries black ; breast, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts white ; sides of the breast and flanks with two or three 

 narrow irregular crescentic bands of blackish brown on each feather ; 

 the distal crescentic band not on the very edge ; a similar style of 

 marking pervades the sides of the rump ; tail-feathers greyish 



