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Genus MERG-US Linn^us. 



Mergtis Linn. S. N. ed. lo, 1758, 129. Type, by elimina- 

 tion, Mergus albelhis Linn. 



[131.1.] Mergus albellus Linn. 



Smew. 



Mergus albellus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 129. 



[B614, C— , R— , C— .] 



Geog. Dist. — In summer, northern Europe and Asia ; in 

 winter, south to the Mediterranean, northern India, China and 

 Japan. Accidental in northern North America. {Cf. Salvador!, 

 Cat. Bds. Br. Mus. XXVII, 1896, 467, 468,) 



Genus CASARCA Bonaparte. 



Casarca Bon. Geogr. & Comp. List, 1838, 56. Type, Anas 

 rutilii Pall, m Anis casarci Linn. 



[141.1.] Casarca casarca (Linn.). 



Ruddy Sheldrake. 



Anas casarca Linn. S. N. ed. 12, III, App. 1768, 224. 

 Casarca casarca Allen, Auk, XIII, 1896, 164, 243. 

 [B— , C— , R— C— .] 

 Geog. Dist. — Southern Europe and southern Asia, south to 

 northern Africa. Accidental in Greenland, Iceland, and the 

 Scandinavian Peninsula. {Cf. Allen, Auk, /. r.) 



[171.1.] Anser fabalis (Lath.). 



Bean Goose. 



Anas fabalis Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. I, 1787, 297. 

 Anserfabalis Salvad. Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXVII, 1895, 99. 

 [B-, C— , R— , C— .] 

 Geog. Dist. — Northern Asia, eastward into northern Europe ; 

 in winter south to southern Europe and northern Africa. Acci- 

 dental in Greenland. {Cf. Salvadori, /. r.) 



