154 ^^''^^' '''" '^'^^^ water ijirds of florida. 



Family ANATID.E. Ducks, Geese, and Swans. 

 Subfamily ]MERGIN.E. Mergansers, TooTii-uiuujiD Ducks. 



Merganser americana. 



(1) Head greenish or blackish; bill narrow, with tooth=like serrations. 



Length. 26.50 ; Wing, 11 : Tarsus. 2 : liill. 2.10. Un- 

 der parts creamy white tini;ed with sahnon color. flerganser americana. 



American flerganser (male). 

 Sheldrake. See page 212 



Length, 23; Wing, 9: Tarsus, r.90: ISill, 2.30. Breast 



brown streaked with Ijlaci^. Merganser serrator (male). 



Red=breasted Merganser. 

 Sheldrake. See page 213 



Head brownish or grayish ; bill narrow, with tooth-like serrations. 



Length. 24.50; W^ing, 0.75; Tarsus, 1.90; Bill, 2. 

 Distance from nostril to tip of bill less than 



1«50. Merganser americana (female). 



American flerganser. 



See page 212 



