ANATIDiE. — LX. 145 



Winged Surf Duck. $, black; white spot under eye; 



$ sooty brown, rather larger. Shores of Europe and N. 



Am. 



*** Bill narrowly encroached upon by frontal feathers ; no white 

 on wings ; tail 14-featliered. {Pelionetta.) 



3. (E. perspicillata, (L.) Fleming. Sukf Duck. Sea 

 Coot. ^ black, with white spot on forehead and nape; 

 $ sooty brown; white patch on lores and cheeks; size of 

 first. Coasts. 



20. ERISMATURA, Bonaparte. Stiff Tailed Ducks. 



1. £. rub/da, (Wils.) Bon. Ruddy Duck. Chiefly 

 brownish or tawny (reddish in perfect plumage), con- 

 siderably waved and dotted; crissum white; L. 17; W. G. 

 N. Am., frequent. 



2. E. dominica, (L.) Eyton. San Do^nxGO Duck. 

 Smaller and redder; forehead and chin black; L. 13^; 

 W. 6^. S. America and W. Indies; accidental N. (Wis., 

 Kumlien.^ L. Champlain, Cabot.) 



21. MERGUS, Linnffius. Mergansers. 



1. M. merganser, L. Merganser. Goosander. Fish 

 Duck. $> black and white above, salmon-colored below; 

 head glossy green, scarcely crested; $ smaller, ashy gray; 

 head brownish; nostrils median; L. 21; AV. 11. N. Am., 

 common. 



2. M. serrator, L. Red-Breasted Merganser. Fish 

 Duck. Similar, but smaller and more crested; ^ with 

 throat reddish brown, black-streaked; wing with two 

 black bars, instead of one as in last; nostrils sub-basal; 

 L. 20; W. 9. N. Am., abundant. 



22. LOPHODYTES, Reichenbach. Crested Divers. 

 1. L cucullatus, (L.) Reich. Hooded Merganser. 



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