129. AMERICAN MERGANSER. 25 in. 



(Mergus americanus.) 

 Black; rump and tail, ashy; head, throat and upper part 

 of neck, greenish; wing, largely white, edged with black and 

 crossed by a black bar; white below, showing salmon tinge 

 in flight ; narrow white collar; long red bill tipped with black; 

 e3^e, red. Female: ashy -gray; head and neck, brown; salmon 

 or brownish tinge across upper breast; throat, white; wings 

 dark with a white patch; small crest on back of neck; feet 

 orange; eye yellow. American Golden-eye. Red-breasted 

 Merganser. 



130. RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. 22 in. 



(Mergus serrator.) 

 Long ragged crest; head and neck, black; broad white 

 collar; broad cinnamon band streaked with black across 

 breast, otherwise white below, showing salmon tinge in flight; 

 wing largely white, edged and barred twice with black; eye 

 and bill, red. Female: back and wings dark gray turning 

 to brown on head and neck; much paler on sides of neck and 

 throat; gray across breast; crest small; white wing-patch. 

 American Merganser. 



131. HOODED MERGANSER. 18 in. 



(Lophodytes cucuUatus.) 



Black, including throat and neck; large circular ere sty 

 white bordered with black; white below running up in front 

 of the wings in two points; sides brownish, finely lined with 

 black; white wing-patch, crossed by black bar; lengthwise 

 white streaks on end of wings; short black bill; eye yellow. 

 Female: grayish-brown; throat white; crest small; sides 

 unmarked. Buffle-head. 



132. MALLARD. 23 in. 

 (Anas platyrhynchos.) 



Gray-brown head, throat and neck glossy green to blue; 

 narrow white collar; breast, rich brown; belly, gray lined 

 with black; tail white, set off by black feathers curling up 

 from either side of black rump; wing-patch purple, bordered 

 on either side with a black and then a white bar. Female: 

 buffy-brown and black; much streaked and speckled; lighter 

 on throat; shows wing-patch as in male. 



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