ANATID^E. LX. 145 



"\VIXGED SURF DUCK. $ black; white spot under eye; 

 9 sooty brown, rather larger. Shores of Europe and X. 

 Am. 



*** Bill narrowly encroached upon by frontal feathers; no white 

 on wings ; tail 14-feathered. (Pelionetta.) 



3. (E. perspicillata, (L.) Fleming. SURF DUCK. SEA 

 COOT. $ black, with white spot on forehead and nape; 

 $ sooty brown; white patch on lores and cheeks; size of 

 first. Coasts. 



20. ERISMATURA, Bonaparte. STIFF TAILED DUCKS. 



1. E. rubida, (Wils.) Bon. RUDDY DUCK. Chiefly 

 brownish or tawny (reddish in perfect plumage), con- 

 siderably waved and dotted; crissum white; L. 17; ~\V. 6. 

 X. Am., frequent. 



2. . . dominion, (L.) Eyton. SAX DOMINGO DUCK. 

 Smaller and redder; forehead and chin black; L. 13J; 

 TV. GJ. S. America and "W". Indies; accidental N. (Wis., 

 Kumlien, L. Champlain, Cabot.) 



21. MERGUS, Linnaeus. MERGAXSERS. 



1. M. merganser, L. MERGANSER. GOOSANDER. FISH 

 DUCK. <* black and white above, salmon-colored below; 

 head glossy green, scarcely crested; $ smaller, ashy gray; 

 head brownish; nostrils median; L. 24; W. 11. N. Am., 

 common. 



2. M. serrator, L. RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. FISH 

 DUCK. Similar, but smaller and more crested; $ with 

 throat reddish brown, black-streaked; wing with two 

 black bars, instead of one as in last; nostrils sub-basal; 

 L. 20; AY. 9. N. Am., abundant. 



22. IOPHODYTES, Reichenbach. CRESTED DIVERS. 

 1. L cucullatus, (L.) Reich. HOODED MERGAXSER. 

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