MERGANSER. NATATORES. MERGUS. 383 



HOODED MERGANSER. 



MERGUS CUCULLATUS^ Linn. 

 PLATE LVIII.* 



Mergus cucullatus, Linn. Syst. 1. 207- 1. Gmel Syst. 1. 544 Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 830. sp. 5 Wils. Amer. Orn. 8. 82. pi. 69. f. 1 Faun. Amer. 



Boreal. 2. 463. No. 222. 



Merganser Virginianus cristatus, Briss. Orn. 6. 258. 8. 

 Merganser cucullatus, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 12. 168. 

 Le Harle couronne', Buff. Ois. 8. 280 Id. PL Enl. 935. 36. 

 Round-crested Duck, Edward's Glean, pi. 360. 

 Wind Bird, Will. (Angl.) 389. 

 Hooded Merganser, Penn. Arc. Zool. 2. No. 467 Lath. Syn. 6. 426. 101. 



Wils. Amer. Orn. 8. 82. pi. 69. f. 1. male. Selby in Trans. Nat. Hist 



Soc. Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle, 1. 291. 



Mergus fuscus, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 832. sp. 9. ? ) you 

 Brown Merganser, Arct. Zool. 2. Sup. p. 74. ?/ 



I AM enabled to add this beautiful species to the list of Rare 

 the British Fauna as a rare visitant, upon the authority of V18ltant - 

 a specimen that was killed at Yarmouth, in Norfolk, in the 

 winter of 1829 ; the skin of which, through the kind atten- 

 tion of an esteemed correspondent, is now in my possession. 

 It appears to be a young female, as the crest is not so fully 

 developed, or the white upon the secondary quills so large, 

 as in the skin of an adult bird of that sex, with which it has 

 been compared. Since this capture, I have been informed 

 that more instances have occurred, all apparently females, or 

 young males in the garb of that sex ; the adult male, in his 

 elegant piebald plumage, never having yet been seen in Eu- 

 rope. This bird is a native of North America, and during 

 the summer is found in the higher latitudes, or fur-countries 

 of that continent, where it breeds upon the margins of the 

 lakes and rivers. The nest is formed of grass and other 

 herbage, intermixed and lined with down and feathers. Its Nest, &c. 

 eggs are stated to' be eight or ten, and white ; it is probable, 

 however, that, when fresh laid, they will be like those of all 

 its congeners, tinged with pale brown or buff. During the 



