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Mergus senator LINTTCEUS. Red-breasted Merganser. [130.] 



Mergus senator LINN^US, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 129. (Sweden.) 



RANGE. Northern part of Northern Hemisphere. Breeds in 

 North America from Arctic coast of Alaska, northern Mackenzie, 

 Cumberland Sound, and Greenland (lat. 73) south to southern British 

 Columbia, southern Alberta, southern Minnesota, central Wisconsin, 

 northern New York, southern Maine, and Sable Island; winters in 

 southern Greenland, the Commander Islands, and from southern 

 British Columbia, Utah, Colorado, southern Wisconsin, southern 

 Ontario, and Maine south to southern Lower California, Louisiana, 

 and Florida; casual in Bermuda, Cuba, and Hawaii. 



GENUS LOPHODYTES REICHENBACH. 



Lophodytes REICHENBACH, Syst. Avium, 1852, ix. Type, by orig. desig., 

 Mergus cucuUatus LINNAEUS. 



Lophodytes cucullatus (Li\x.i:rs). Hooded Merganser. [131.] 



Mergus cucullatus LINN.EUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 129. (Virginia 

 or Carolina.) 



RANGE. North America. Breeds from central British Columbia, 

 Great Slave Lake, central Keewatin, central Ungava, and Newfound- 

 land south to southern Oregon, northern New Mexico, southern 

 Louisiana, and central Florida; winters from southern British Colum- 

 bia, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and 

 Massachusetts south to Lower California, Mexico, the Gulf States, 

 and Cuba; rare in northeastern part of range; recorded from St. 

 Michael, Alaska, and from Europe and Bermuda. 



[GENUS MERGELLUS SELBY. 



Mergellus SELBY, Catal. Gen. and Subgen. Types Birds, 1840, 47. Type, 

 by monotypy, Mergus albellus LINNAEUS. 



Mergellus albellus (LiNN^us). Smew. [131.1.] 



Mergus albellus LINN^US, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 129. (" ex 



Gino insula Smirnam," Turkey.) 



