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s markings in those parts are wider and of a greyer tint, and inter- 
~mingled with each other; tail greyish brown, the central feathers 
- freckled on their margins with greyish white. 
— Mergus squamatus ....cseeeceees Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1864. p. 184. 
ie Hab. China. Non vidi. 
MERGUS CUCULLATUS. 
Mer. Mas.—Capite atro cristato; crista alba, et maculi. trian- 
sulari notata. 
Mer. Fem.—Brunnea, capite cristato; gutture albo. 
HOODED MERGANSER. 
Male mer., with the head crested, black; crest with a large tri- 
angular patch of white. 
Fem. brown merganser, with the head crested ; the throat white. 
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Male: head and neck glossy black, with purple and green inflec- 
tions, the former largely crested with long silky feathers; crest 
marked with a fan-shaped patch of white, the small end placed 
towards the eye, a little behind it, and extending backwards nearly 
to the edge of the hood; breast and under surface white, the 
former with two bands of velvet black, tapering to a point in front 
of the wings; quills and tertiaries deep brown, the latter with white 
shafts and dark edges; tail dark brown; back black; flanks dark 
chestnut, with narrow transverse undulated bars of black or brown; 
irides yellow; bill red. 
Fem.: with the crest smaller than in the male, and the feathers 
not so numerous; neck, back, head, crest, and wings umber-brown, 
varying in intensity; throat white; lower part of the neck light 
umber-brown; belly white; feet and legs in both sexes red. 
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