154 ^^'^^' '^'^ '^"^"'^ '^'^^ '^'i'J'J^ BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Family ANATID^E. Ducks, Geese, and Swans. 

 SuiJFAMiLY MERGIX^E. Mergansers, TooTii-mLEiiD Ducks. 



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Merganser americana. 



(1) Head greenish or blackish; bill narrow, with tooth=like serrations. 



I.eno-th. 20.50: Win- 1 1 : Tarsus. 2 : liill. 2.10. Tn- 



der parts creamy white tini^ed with salmon color. Herganser americana. 



American Herganser (male). 

 Sheldrake. See page 212 



Length. U.'i ; ^\'ing. I): 'larsus, 1.90: liill, 2.J0. Breast 



hrown streaked with black. Merganser serrator (male). 



Red=breasted Merganser. 

 Sheldrake. See page 213 



Head brownish or grayish ; bill narrow, with tooth-like serrations. 



Length. 24.50: Wing, J).!."*; Tarsus, 1.90: Bill. 2. 

 Distance from nostril to tip of bill less than 



1«50. Merganser americana (female). 



American flerganser. 



See page 212 



