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it deposits four or five white eggs. In other 
respects its habits are similar to those of the 
kindred species, with which it often associates. 
MERGANSER, HOODED. 
Merreus cucutzatus, Lin. 
The proper country of this beautiful bird, of the 
occurrence of which in England a few instances 
have been recorded, is North America, in the 
Arctic regions of which it breeds, retiring south- 
wards early in September, and passing the winter 
in the bays and estuaries, as well as on the inland 
waters. They breed in holes and hollows. Ona 
few dried weeds and feathers of different kinds, 
with a small quantity of down from the breast of 
the female, the eggs are deposited. These are 
from five to eight in number, and, except in size, 
resemble those of the Red-breasted Merganser. 
MERGANSER, RED-BREASTED. 
BayY-NECKED GoOSEANDER. 
Mereavs serrator, Lin. 
This species is frequent upon the lakes and rivers 
of Norway and Sweden, where they breed, as 
