48 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
131. Lophodytes cucullatus (Liny.). 
Hooded Merganser. 
Mergus cucullatus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 129. 
Lophodytes cucullatus REICHENBACH, Syst. Av. 1852, p. 1x. 
[B 613, C 523, R 638, C 745.] 
Groc. Dist.— North America generally, south to Mexico and 
Cuba, breeding nearly throughout its range. Casual in Europe. 
SuBFAMILY ANATINA. River Ducks. 
Genus ANAS LINNZUS. 
Anas Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I, 1758, 122. Type, A. doschas LINN. 
132. Anas boschas LINN. 
Mallard. 
Anas boschas Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I, 1758, 127. 
[B 576, C 488, R 6or, C 707.] 
Groc. Dist.— Northern parts of northern hemisphere ; in America 
south to Panama and Cuba, breeding southward to the southern 
United States ; less common in the East. 
133. Anas obscura GMEL. 
Black Duck. 
Anas obscura GMEL. S. N. I. 1788, 541. 
[B 577, C 489, R 602, C 708.) 
Groc. Dist.— Eastern North America, west to the Mississippi 
Valley, north to Labrador, breeding southward to the northern parts 
of the United States. 
134. Anas fulvigula Ripew. 
Florida Duck. 
Anas obscura var. fulvigula Ripew. Am. Nat. VIII. Feb. 1874, 111. 
Anas fulvigula Ripew. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Aug. 24, 1880, 
203. 
