136 a 
BRAZILIAN MERGANSER. _ 
Black merganser, with the head and neck brassy green. 
IN. IN. IN. 
Length of bill 2 TALS <6: 13° Middle toe scc.ss 2+ 
Merganser, with the head and neck glossy green; the occiput 
with a long pendent crest the same; the whole of the back, tail, and 
wings sooty black ; wing-spot white, divided by a black streak; under | 
_ surface and the lower part of the neck brown, the latter, with the 
flanks, minutely spotted and barred with white, the abdomen broadly 
so; bill black; legs and feet orange, with the webs dusky. - 
Mergus Brazilianus.......cec0eee Vieill, Gal. des Oiseau, 2. 
209. ae 
Le Harle a huit brins .......... Dict. @ Hist. Nat. 2nd edit. 
14. 222. 
In the collection of the Zoological Society; evidently a young 
bird. : 
MERGUS SQUAMATUS. 
Mer.—Capite cristato et capite cervoque brunneis. 
Mer.—Head crested; crest, head, and neck brown. 
IN. IN 
TPNGUE 5s asin dawessvowes 23 UG) ge EES AB oe «2 At 
PURSUE ccavelabuners sc ie tasinae 23 TATE veces esasvvcseaeeses 2 
VUNG oi ised cod tcntetees tin 10 
Crown of the head, lengthened crest, and neck rusty brown; 
upper surface brownish grey ; tuft of feathers at the insertion of the 
wing grey, passing into white near the tip, and broadly marginal, 
with black about the middle of the feathers, beyond which they are 
creamy white; primaries very dark or blackish brown; lower part of 
the throat, and all the under surface, pale buff; sides of the breast, 
and the whole of the flanks down to the tail, deep rich buff, with 
two narrow, irregular, crescentic bands on each feather, one behind 
the other, the outer one near the edge, the inner one near the. 
middle; a similar style of marking pervades the space behind the 
legs, the lower part of the back, and upper tail coverts, but the — 
