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MERGANSERS. 



191. HOODED MERGANSER. 



Smaller, 19, head prominently crested; 

 male, head, neck and collar on lower neck, 

 black; patch on head and crest, streaking 

 above; patch on wing and beneath, white; 

 sides chestnut, finely banded with black; 

 bill, black; feet, dusky-orange, fig. 169. 



Fig. 178 



Red-legged Black Duck. 1-2. 



Female and young brown on head, neck and 

 back; white beneath. Occurs more often on 

 fresh than salt water; sits low when swim- 

 ming and does not associate in large flocks; 

 is apt to turn quickly about on water and 

 back again. Nests in cavities of trees; eggs, 

 6-10, white. N. A. south to Mexico and 



