KEY TO Tiih: w.\'n:i< kirds of i-lokida. 



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character, as the Ked-brcastcd Meroanser has a distance from the nostril lo tlie tip of tlie hill of 

 more than 1.50 inches. 



This species ranges throuohout North America and is not uncommon on 

 the Athmtic coast from Maine to Georiria. Occasionally a specimen 

 wanders as far south as Florida, althouoh it is not connnon in that State. 

 I liave on one occasion killed a specimen near tlie head of Indian River. 

 The nest is composed of a litde (,n-ass or leaves on a ledge or occasionally 

 in a hole in a tree. 



The eggs are from seven to ten, of a pale yellow hutf color. 



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Merganser sevr.itor (male.) 



MERGANSER SERRATOR (//////). 

 Red=breasted Merganser. 



i.///// jmr/c- ■ Head and throat black tin-ed with -reenisli: a white ring- around the neck 

 not always well marked : breast rufous streaked with black ; lower breast and belly white : 

 the sides' and rump delicately pencilled with black. Distance from nostril to tip ol bdl more 



than I.5O. 



Length, 23; Wing. 9; Tarsus, 1.90: Bill, 2.30. 



F,ma/c'a;idyon,ig;m7/c': Head brownish : throat pale buff : back gray : under parts of the 

 body are white and speculum is white. 



Length. 21 : Wing, 8.80; Tarsus. 1.90; 15111,2.50. 



Inhabits the northern part of the Northern Hemispliere, ranging in winter 

 southward throughout the United States to Cuba. It is a common bird on 



