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gat Bay and Five Mile Beach, while the larger species is uniformly 

 reported rare, and Mr. Chapman makes the same statement for the 

 vicinity of New York. Occurs from October 15th to May 15th. 

 Turnbiill (1869) states that a few remain all summer, and Captain 

 Taylor and Mr. Laurent report this to be the case at Anglesea, while 

 Mr. Scott found them in summer at Long Beach and Little Egg 

 Harbor. At the latter place ho shot one June 28th, which seemed to 

 be a barren bird. No doubt, as he suggests, the summer stragglers are 

 all of this character. 



Occasional on the Delaware. Mr. Babson reports only one record 

 at Princeton, taken by Professor Philips, March 16th, 1881. 



131 Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus). 

 Hooded Merganser, Cock Robin. 



Adult male.— Length, 17.25-19.25. Wing, 7.50-7.90. Upper parts head and 

 throat, glossy black ; a broad fan-shaped crest on back of the head white, bor- 

 dered with black ; shoulders transversely barred with black and white ; sides 

 finely barred with black and rufous ; lesser wing-coverts, gray ; a white specu- 

 lum and tertials striped longitudinally with white ; breast and abdomen, white ; 

 under tail-coverts mottled with gray. 



Adnlt female. — Above grayish-brown ; crest tinged with rufous ; a white 

 speculum ; throat, white ; neck and upper breast, gray ; rest of under parts, 

 white ; sides, brownish-gray. 



Transient, and occasional in winter, but not common or regular. 

 It was apparently much more plentiful formerly. Occasional also 

 on the Delaware. November 15th to March 25th. 



132 Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus. 

 Mallard. 



Advlt nia/c— Length, 20-25. Wing, 10.25-12. Head and neck all around, 

 glossy green ; whole breast deep chestnut, separated from the green by a white 

 collar : back, grayish-brown : abdomen, sides and scapulars dull white, vermic- 

 ulated with gray ; a metallic blue speculum preceded by a black and white 

 bar ; edge of the tertials and scapulars over the speculum, chestnut ; rump and 

 under tail-coverts glossy black, tinged with green : sides of tail, white. 



Adnlt female. — Brown above, edged with buff; speculum as in male; head 

 buff, narrowly streaked with dusky ; uniform dusky on the crown ; throat, 

 unstrcaked ; breast and abdomen grayish-brown, streaked or mottled with dusky. 



