104 HOODED MERGANSER. 



HOODED MERGANSER. 



PLATE CC. FIGURE I. 



Mergus cucullatus, SELBY. JENYNS. EYTON. 



Mergus fuscus, LATHAM. GOULD. TEMMINCK. 



nest, placed in trees, or, when these are wanting, 

 in holes and hollows, in either case by the margins 



of lakes and rivers, is formed of grass and other her- 



bage, lined with feathers, and down from the breast 



of the mother bird. 



The eggs, eight or ten in number, and of a 



yellowish-white colour, are laid in May, and hatched 



in June. 



