BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 



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(130) Red-breasted Merganser. 



(Merganser serrator.) 

 A common resident, more abundant than the last and equally de- 

 structive to fish. Breeds in the interior of the Province and winters 

 wherever there is open water. 



Genus LOPHODYTES. 



(131 Hooded Merganser. 



(Lophodytes cucullatus.) 

 A tolerably common summer resident, breeding throughout the in- 

 terior of the Province and retiring southward as ice forms. 



Subfamily ANATIN^. (The River Ducks.) 



Mallard. 



Genus ANAS. 



(132) Mallard. 



(Anas boschas.) 

 Common summer resident of the western part of the Province, less 

 abundant in the east, retires southward as the shallow waters it frequents 

 become frozen over. Breeds throughout its range. 



(133) Black Duck. 



(Anas obscura.) 

 A very common summer resident, breeding in all suitable places 

 throughout the Province. It is more abundant in the east than in the 

 west, and is only a rare visitor in Manitoba. 



