HOODED MERGANSER. 



Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.). 



Adult male has the head, neck, back and scapulars, 

 bhck. The very long full crest is pure white, mar- 

 gined with black. The wing-coverts are gray, fading 

 to ash color behind, and the greater coverts are black 

 at the base and tipped with white, showing a distinct 

 black and white band across the wing. The secon- 

 daries are white, the basal portion black, which gives 

 the effect of two wide white wing-bars, bordered in 

 front by two narrow black wing-bars. In front of the 

 wing, on the side of the breast, are two black and two 

 white bars, crescent-shaped. The sides and flanks are 

 rusty-brown, or tawny, growing darker toward the 

 tail, and crossed by fine, black lines. The under parts 



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