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IMPERIAL MERGANSER. 



(Merganser imperialis.) 



ME. nigrojusco griseoque varius, capite lacvi, remigibus primori- 

 bus nigris, rostro pedibusque rufescente albis- 



Merganser varied with black, brown, and grey, with the head 

 smooth, the primary quills black, the beak and legs reddish- 

 white. 



Mergus imperialis. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 547. Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 2. 829. 



Imperial Merganser. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 337- 



THIS bird is described by Latham as being the 

 " size of a Goose : the body variegated with black, 

 brown, and grey : the head without crest : the prime 

 quills black, and without any speculum : beak and 

 legs rufous white: tongue ciliated. Inhabits Sar- 

 dinia." 



BROWN MERGANSER. 

 (Merganser fuscus.) 



ME. cristatusjuscus subtus albus, guld pectoreque nigro maculatis, 



alls nigris jascia alba. 

 Crested brown Merganser beneath white, with the throat and 



breast spotted with black, the wings black with a white stripe. 

 Merganser fuscus. Lath. Ind. Orn,. 2. 832. 

 Brown Merganser. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. Sup. 74. Lath. Syn. 



Sup. ii. 339. 



