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Oeder ANSERES. Lamellikostral Swimmers. 



Family ANATID^E. Ducks, Geese and Swans. 

 Subfamily MERGIN.E. Mergansers. 



Gends merganser Beisson. 



23. Merganser americanus (Caie.). Americin Merganser; Fish Duck; Goosander. 

 A common migrant .ind winter resident. Even in the coldest winters they 

 may be found about open water. In the northern part of the State they are resi- 

 dent, as they are found in some numbeis throughout the summer. 



Head of Re< I breasted Mirgunser with (lutline of bi.l from atjove, nat. sirr. 



24. Merganser serrator (Linn.). REu-BREAsrED Merganser. 



Migrant and winter resident Ihronghout the State, rare. Said to be "not rare" 

 in winter on Lake Michigan. ( J. G. Parker.) 



Genus LOPHODYTES Reichenbach. 



" 25. Lophodytes qucuUatus (Linn.). Hooded Merganser. 



A common migrant and winter resident, and uncommon resident. Breeds 

 throughout the State in suitable localities. Mr. Robert Ridgway found it breeding 

 in hollow trees in Knox County in the spring of 1881. (Bulletin Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, Jan., 1882, p. 22.) 



Subfamily ANATIN^E. River Ducks. 



Gencs anas Linn.eus. 

 "26. Anas boschas Linn. Mallard. 



A common migrant, occasional winter resident, and, in the northern part of 

 the State, occasional resident. Has been found breeding in Starke County by Mr. 

 H. K. Coale and Mr. Ruthven Deane ; in Dekalb County by Mr. 11. W. McBride. 

 In the summer of 1889 Mr. Deane notes that they bred quite commonly about 

 English Lake. Mr. Robert Ridgway thinks it may breed in Knox and Gibson 

 Counties. 



