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Red-breasted Merganser: 



This duck, " Merganser serrator," has been known to 

 reach to the vicinity of Havana, Cuba, but rarely does it go 

 south of the eastern United States. It is not a rare visitor 

 in winter to Florida and along the gulf coast to Texas, but 

 it is quite rare in New Mexico and Arizona, and is common 

 throughout the whole of California and south to Lower Cali- 

 fornia. In winter it is common on the Atlantic coast as far 

 as Maine, and remains around the Gulf of St. Lawrence 

 until the bays freeze up. It is said also not to be uncommon 

 even in Greenland during the winter. In the interior it 

 braves the. winter weather on the Great Lakes and north to 

 Wisconsin, Nebraska, Colorado, and Utah ; north on the Pa- 

 cific coast to southern British Columbia, and is also a casual 

 visitor to the Hawaiian Islands and the Bermudas. 



Hooded Merganser: 



"Lophodytes cucullatus" is the Hooded Merganser's 

 official title. This duck remains during the winter as far 

 north as Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Lake Michigan, Ne- 

 braska, Colorado, Utah, and southern British Columbia. 

 In the central districts and Gulf States it is more plentiful 

 than elsewhere, while a few migrate to Cuba, Central Mex- 

 ico, and southern Lower California. 



Mallard: 



The mallard, "Anas boschas," is a fresh- water duck, 

 and in general it winters as far north as open water can be 

 found. The greater number, however, spend the winter in 

 the southern half of the Mississippi Valley, and during past 

 years this region was the source of a large part of the market 

 supply. The numbers killed were almost incredible. I 

 have heard of instances where a single gunner killed and 

 sold as many as 8,000 mallards. Fortunately market shoot- 



