161 



COMMON MERGANSER. 



(Merganser Raii.) 



ME. specnlo alarum alba, absque Jasciis transversis, capite nigro, 



vel spadiceo. 

 Merganser with tlie wing-speculum white, without transverse 



bands, the head black, or chesuut. 



Mergus Merganser. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 208. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 

 1 . 544. Briss. Orn. 6. 231 . pi. 32. Paii, Syn. 134. A. Lath. 

 Ind. Orn. 2. 828. 

 Le Harle. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 267. pi. 23. Buff. PL Enl. 



951. Cur. Reg. Anim. 1. 540. 



Grand Harle. Temm. man. d'Orn. 575. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 88J. 

 Goosander, or Merganser. Perm. Brit. Zool. 2. 260.pl. 92. f. I. 

 Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 4(55. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 418. Lath. 

 Syn. Sup. ii. 336. Lev). Brit. Birds, 6. pL 231. Wok. Syn. 

 1. pi. 79. Don. Brit. Birds, 3. /;/. 49. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. 

 and Sup. Bew. Brit. Birds, 2. pi. 254. Wils. Amer. Orn. 

 v. viii. p. 68. pi. Ixviii. f. 1 . r. ix. p. 13 1 . 

 Greater Goosander. Simmonds, Linn. Trans, iv. 122. 

 Merganser Raii. Leach, Brit. MHS. Catnl. p. 36. 

 FEMALE, or YOUNG. Mergus Merganser. Briss. Orn. 6.231. 

 Mergus Castor. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 209. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



545. J3. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 829. 

 Mergus cirratus longiroster. Raii, Syn. 134. A. 

 Merganser cinereus. Briss. Orn. 6. 254. pi. 25. 

 Mergus rubricapillus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 545. 

 Anas rubricapilla. Brunn. Orn. Boreal. 93. 

 Le Harle femelle. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 236. Buff. PL Enl. 



953. 



Dundiver, or Sparling Fowl. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 260. pi. 92. 



f. 2. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 465. Alb. Birds, I. pi. 87. Lath. 



Gen. Syn. 6. 420, 421. A. Lath. Syn. Sup. 270. Leve. Brit. 



Birds, pi. 232. Wale. Gen. Syn. 1 . pi. 80. Dun. Brit. Birds, 



V. XII. P. II. 11 



