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ORDER ANSERES. LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS. 



FAMILY ANATID^. DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS. 



SUBFAMILY MERGINJE. MERGANSERS. 



GENUS MERGANSER BRISSON. 



23. Merganser americanus (Cats.). AMERICAN MERGANSER; FISH DUCK; GOOSANDER. 



A common migrant and winter resident. Even in the coldest winters they 

 may be found about open water. In the northern part of the State they are resi- 

 dent, as they are found in some numbers throughout the summer. 



Head of Red- breasted Merganser with outline of bi.l from above, nat. siz". 



24. Merganser serrator (Linn.). RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. 



Migrant and winter resident throughout the State, rare. Said to be "not rare" 

 in winter on Lake Michigan. ( J. G. Parker.) 



GENUS LOPHODYTES REICHENBACH. 



*25. Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.). HOODED MERGANSER. 



A common migrant and winter resident, and uncommon resident. Breeds 

 throughout the State in suitable localities. Mr. Robert Ridgway found it breeding 

 in hollow trees in Knox County in the. spring of 1881. (Bulletin Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, Jan., 1882, p. 22.) 



SUBFAMILY ANATIN^. RIVER DUCKS. 



GENUS ANAS LINN.EUS. 



*26. Anas boschas Linn. MALLARD. 



A common migrant, occasional winter resident, and, in the northern part of 

 the State, occasional resident. Has been found breeding in Starke County by Mr. 

 H. K. Coale and Mr. Ruthven Deane; in Dekalb County by Mr. H. W. McBride. 

 In the summer of 1889 Mr. Deane notes that they bred quite commonly about 

 English Lake. Mr. Robert Ridgway thinks it may breed in Knox and Gibson 

 Counties. 



