48 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



131. Lophodytes cucuUatus (Linn.). 



Hooded Merganser, 



Mergus cucidlatus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 129. 

 Lophodytes cucuUatus Reichenbach, Syst. Av. 1852, p. ix. 



[B 613, C 523, R 638, C 745.] 



Geog. Dist. — North America generally, south to Mexico and 

 Cuba, breeding nearly throughout its range. Casual in Europe. 



Subfamily ANATIN-SS. River Ducks. 



Genus ANAS LiNNiEUS. 

 Anas Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I, 1758, 122. Type, A. boschas Linn. 



132. Anas boschas Linn. 



Mallard. 



Anas boschas Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I, 1758, 127. 



[B 576, C 488, R 601, C 707.] 



Geog. Dist. — Northern parts of northern hemisphere ; in America 

 south to Panama and Cuba, breeding southward to the southern 

 United States ; less common in the East. 



133. Anas obscura Gmel. 



Black Duck. 



Anas obscura Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 541. 



[B 577, C 489, R 602, C 708.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America, west to the Mississippi 

 Valley, north to Labrador, breeding southward to the northern parts 

 of the United States. 



134. Anas fulvigula Ridgw. 



Florida Duck. 



Anas obscura var. fulvigula Ridgw. Am. Nat. VIII. Feb. 1 8 74, 1 11 . 

 Anas fulvigula Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Aug. 24, 1880, 

 203. 



