THE BIRDS OF WAYNE COUNTY. 



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ORDER ANSERES. LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS. 

 FAMILY ANATID/G. DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS. 



SUBFAMILY MERGING. MERGANSERS. 

 GENUS MERGANSER. BRISSON. 



7. Merganser americanus (CASS.). 

 American Merganser ; Goosander. 



A rare transient visitor. A female in the collection of Mr. Joseph Housekeeper, 

 of Wooster, was killed by him along Killbuck Creek, March 22, 1893. 



RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, NATURAL SIZE. 



8. Merganser serrator (LINN.). 

 Red-breasted Merganser. 



This is in this locality apparently the rarest of the three species of Mergansers. 

 The writer's only record for the County is that of an adult female obtained at the 

 Wooster reservoir, November 15, 1890. 



GENUS LOPHODYTES. REICHENBACH. 



9. Lophodytes cucullatus (LINN.). 

 Hooded Merganser. 



Transient visitor; of more frequent occurrence than either of the two preceding, 

 hough not very common. It is observed principally in the spring; males appearing 

 to be oftener taken than females. 



