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Stevens, vi., 15, 333— Noticed at Riverdale, N. T., April 15, 1870— 

 E. P. Bicltnell. viii., 4, 49 — Connnoii in summer at Webster, N. 

 H.; lireeds in swamps — Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 17, 208 — Chiefly ii 

 spring and autumn migrant at Washington, D. C. — (li. F. Boiseau). 

 viii.,"l8 281— Found in IVIichigan— " Archer " (G. A. Stockwell). 

 xii., 6, 106 — Common in Nova Scotia— J. Matthew Jones. 



Merganser. See Mergus merganser. 



Merganser. Hooded, See Mergus cucullatus. 



Merganser. Red-breasted, See Mergus serrator. 



Mergulus alle. Sea Dove; Little Auk. i., 26, 404 — Sometimes blown 

 on the coast of New England in winter — F. B. ii., 12, 179— Found in 

 the Bay of Fundy in fall— J. H. Batty, iii., 22, 341— Breed on the 

 north coast of Newfoundland and the islaiids otf same — M. Harvey, 

 vi., 1, 4 — A great flight over Great Britian has been chronicled, where 

 they are called "Rotchies;" also noting the capture of two in Nov. 

 1871, at Middletown, Conn., and later at Middletown, Mass.; common 

 also at Cambridge and Ipswich, Mass. vii , 14, 212 — Called "Pine 

 Knot" by the gunners in Plymouth Bay, Mass. — F. C. Browne, vii., 

 25, 388--Taken on the Scaconet River near Newport, R. I. — Thos. J. 

 Farron. viii., 7, 96— Noticed at Plymouth, Mass., in 1852— F. C. 

 Browne, ix., 20, 381 — One taken in New Haven, Conn., harbor 

 about Nov. 26, 1877— Editors, x., 3, 37— One taken in a field at Fort 

 Hamilton (L. I.) about Jan. 11, 1878— De Laguel Berier. x., 3, 37 — 

 Very common near Salem, Mass., during the winter of 1877 78 — 

 ' ' Teal " (R. L. Newcomb). x. , 8, 135— One found on land at Chatham, 

 Mass., in November— "Hunter." x., 13, 235 — One found on shore 

 near Centre Moriches, L. I., Jan. 10, 1878; they have been quite 

 numerous on the coast this winter (1877-78) — N. T. Lawrence, xii., 

 2, 25— Specimens taken near Philadelphia in Sept., 1878, fully 60 

 miles from the ocean, and utterly exhausted — Spencer Trotter, xii., 

 20, 386— One noticed at Plym'outh, Mass., Dec. 26, 1852— F. C. 

 Browne. 



Mergus cncnllJltns. Hooded Merganser, i., 18, 204 — Abundant in Florida 

 —Editors, i., 18, 278— Found at Salem, Mass.— R. L. Newcomb. 

 iii., 22, 340 — Abundant in winter and spring in Eastern, Fla. — Editors. 

 v., 1, 10 — A strange Duck observed at Blooming Grove Park, Penu., 

 Aug. 10, 1875, by "Ancora." (From the description probably this 

 species.) v., 2, 20 — Suggesting from the description given above that 

 it is this species, v., 6, 90— Breed at Calais, Me., though not as com- 

 mon as formerly — B. v., 17, 260 -Found by Geo. Bird Grinnell in 

 1874 in the Black Hills region— Ernest Ingersoll. vi., 18, 284- Found 

 in Ncbraska--C. H. Phillips, vi., 19, 301 — Noticed one at Meacham 

 Lake, N. Y., April 12, 1876--A. R. Fuller, vii., 6. 84— Not common 

 in Central New York, and only in the spring and fall migrations — H. 

 G. Fowler, vii., 8, 116 — An occasional visitor in Conn. — Robt. T. 

 Morris, vii., 11, 164 — Rarely taken at Ann Arbor, Mich.; have never 

 found it in the markets — A. B. Covert, viii., 10, 146 -Rare in the 

 migrations at Webster, N. H. — Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 17, 261 — 

 Is found on the Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, for a week about April 

 10: passes North to breed; returns Oct. 1. and departs South Oct. 31 

 —Chas. E.McChesney. viii., 23, 380— Found in ^Mifhiiran- "Archer" 

 (G. A. Stockwell). xii., 11, 216 -Five shot at West Newburj-, Mass., 

 April 18, 1879— R. L. N.(ewcomb). 



Mergus merganser. Merganser; Sheldrake, ii., 22, 341 — Found in Rus- 

 sell Cor, Kansas; feed on fish— F. S. B.(enson). iv., 13, 199— They 

 dove about 15 feet, spread out, and actually flew through the water; 

 they also caught fish while darting around ; observations made at 

 Digbv. N. S.--" Jean." v., 12, 187— A few seen at Salem, Mass., 

 Oct. "25, 1875— "Teal" (R. L. New-comb), v., 12, 187— Abundant 

 at Cohasset, Mass., Oct. 25, 1875— S. K.(neelaud), Jr. v., 17> 360— 



