HOODED MERGANSER 



PLATE CC. FIGURE I. 



Mergus cucullatus, . SELBY. JENYNS. EYTON. 



Merganser cucullatus, . MACGILLIVRAY. 



Mergus fuscus, . . LATHAM. GOULD. TEMMINCK. 



THE nest of this very rare straggler from North America 

 is invariably placed in the hollows of trees, by the margins 

 of lakes and rivers. It is formed of grass and other herbage, 

 lined with dark-coloured down from the breast of the bird 

 itself. 



The eggs, five to eight in number, and of a pure ivory- 

 white colour, are laid in May and hatched in June. 



