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MERGANSERS. 



L. CUCUKLATUS. 



Fig. 138. 



1. HOODED MERGANSER, L. CUCULLATUS. 19.00; 

 bill, 1.70; above, head, 

 upper neck, and collar 

 on lower neck, black 

 with violet irides- 

 cence; triangular 

 patch on head and 

 crest, some streakingB 

 above, spots on wings, 

 and beneath, white; 

 sides, chestnut finely B 

 banded with black; T 

 iris, orange; bill, 

 black ; feet, dusky-or- 1 

 ange, fig. 139. Female 

 and young, brown on 

 head, neck and upper 

 parts; white beneath. IN", A, a, 2. 1-10. 



N. A. south to Mexico and Cuba, breeding throughout most 

 of its range; resident from the Carolinas southward. Eggs, 

 6 to 10, pure white, placed in holes or shallow cavities of trees 

 in May. Common, occurring more often on fresh waters than 

 on salt. 



Fig. 139. Fig. 140. 



, A, b, 1. 1-8. N, A, c, 1. 1-8. 



c. Smews. Mergus. 



Differ from b in having the bill shorter and the crest not 

 as prominent. 



