61. MEROANSEK. 479 



brown, the central feathers freckled on the margin with greyish 

 white. Total length about 23 inches, wing d'7, tail 4-5, culmcn 

 2"06, tarsus 1-77. 



Hah. China (?). 



The type of this species is still unique ; there is no collector's 

 name on the label, so that the locality is uncertain. Apparently 

 the bird is a young male ; it has no white patch on the throat, aud 

 in that respect resembles the young of M. scrratov, while it ap- 

 proaches M. castor in the grey colour of the upper parts and the 

 white of the lower. The s(iuamate form of the markings on the 

 flanks distinguishes this bird from the allied ones, but I have some 

 doubts that it may be either an individual variety or an hybrid ! 



a. c? imm. sk. China (?). Gould Coll. (Type of species.) 



5. Merganser serrator. 



The Red-breasted Merganser. 



Iled-Lreasted Goosander, Echo. Nat. Hist, of B. i. p. 95, pi. 95 (c?) 

 (174-j) (Newfoundland). 



Merganser cristatus, i>ms. Orn. vi. p. 237, pi. xxiii. (c?) (1760); 

 Briinn. Om. Bor. p. 23, nn. 94, 95 (1764). 



Merganser leucomelanus, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 250 (1760). 



Merganser niger, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 251 (1760) {ex Gesner). 



Mergus serratus, Briinn. Orn. Bor. p. 23, n. 96 (1764) ; Om. S. N. i. 

 2, p. 546/3 (1788). 



Mergus serrator, Linn. S. N. i. p. 208, n. 3 (1760) ; Gtn. S. X. i. 2, 

 p. 546, n. 3 (1788) ; Lath. Lid. Orn. ii. p. 829, n. 4 (1790) ; id. 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. p. 121, t. xvi. ff. 1, 2 (trachea) (1798) ; /%. 

 Prodr. J,. 278 (1811); Pall. Zoor/r. Rosso- As. ii. p. 287 (1811); 

 Wils. Am. Orn. viii. p. 81, pi. 60 (1814) ; Temm. Man. p. 579 

 (1815); Vieill. N. D. xiv. pp, 221, 223 (var.) (1817); Temm. 

 Man. 2nd ed. ii. p. 884 (1820); Bum. Did. Sc. Nat. xx. p. 294 

 (1821); Flem. Phil, of Zool. ii. p. 261 (1822) ; Boie, Lis, 1822, 

 p. 564 ; Lic/it. Verz. Doubt, p. 85 (1823) ; Sabine, Frankl. Journ., 

 App. p. 702 (1823) ; Brehm, Lehrb. eiir. Viiy. p. 855 (1824) ; Bp. 

 Obs. Wik. n. 249 (1825) ; id. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. p. 397, n. .348 

 (1820) ; id. Speech. Co7)ij). p. 74 (1827) ; id. Spi. p. 397, n. 348 

 (1828); Flem. Brit. An. p. 129 (1828); Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. 

 p. 420 (1828) ; IJrehm, Isis, 1830, p. 1000, u. 1 ; id. Viig. Deutschl. 

 p. 945(1831); Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 635 (1831); Savi, Orn. Tosc. 

 iii. p. 120 (1831) ; Su\ ^- Rich. Faun. Bor.-Am. ii. p. 462 (1831) ; 

 Nutt. Man. ii. p. 463 (1834) ; Jen. Man. p. 249 (1835); Gould, B. 

 Eur. V. pi. 385 (1837) ; Er/t. Mon. Atiat. p. 175, pLs. 16 (anatomy), 

 17 (skeleton and trachea) (1838) ; Aud. Orn. Biogr. v. p. 92, 

 pi. 401 (18.38); iV/. -SVw- P- 298 (1839); Temm. Man. iv. p. 5.50 

 (1840) (.Japan); K. ^- B. Wirbelth. Eur. pp. Ix.xxviii, 231 (1840); 

 Selys-L. Faun. Belg. i. p. 147 (1842) ; Macgill. Man. ii. p. 194 

 (1842) ; Hchley. Reo. Crit. p. cxxi (1844) ; Naum. Vik/. Deutschl. 

 xii. p. 333, Taf. 325 (1844) ; Harfl. Verz. Ges. 3L(S. p. 121 (1844); 

 G. R. Gr. List B. IJrit. 3/«s. p. 147 ( 1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 629, 

 n. 2 (1844); DeKa,/, N. 1'. Zool. ii. p. 319 (1844) ; Giraial, B. 

 Lom/ Isl. p. 342 (1844) ; Rchnb. Si/n. Av., Xatatores. t. 73. ff. 90- 

 93 \lS-io); Holb. Faun. Granl. ]■>'. 78 (1846) (Greenland); Dei;l. 

 Orn. Eur. ii. p. 480 (1849) ; Dli/th. Cat. B. Mas. A. S. B. p. 308, 

 u. 1799 (1849) ; Temm. ^- Schleg. Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 129 (1850) 



