it will readily pass underneath it. It > \HIIIS so deeply a* to afford the 

 gunner Imt a small mark, and dives >< <piu-kly at the snap or flash of 

 his gun that hi- stand- l-ui n -mull chance of killing it. 



-nil In-ill;; surprised tin- (ioo-ander may ri-i- directly out of the 

 water, but more roinmoidy pats the surface with his fi-.-t fur some 

 yards and then rises to windward. A wholr M<-k thus rising from 

 some foaming current alTords a spirited scene. (Mice n the wing, the 

 flight is straight, strong, and rapid " (I^angille). 



130. Merganser serrator </.;/<.). Km. -IIKKAHTEH MKHOAXHKR; 



SiiKi.i.i>it.\KK. .((/. S.- Whole head and tlirout black, more irreeiiiidi at>ve; 

 white r'uiir around the- neck; a ItnHtil cinnamon-ru/uui btmd in/A black 

 ttrtatt on the up|T breast an<l sides of tin- lower ru-.-k ; Iwwer winu-c.\. n., 

 ti|w of greater nes, we.n.i:ir!i -, l.n:i-:. an. I I., lly white; runi|> and milai 

 finely luirn.l with l-liiek and white. Ad. 9 and //.-- T<i|> and back of head 

 jjrayiwh brown washed with einiiaiin>n -rufoun ; sides <>f the head and tlm>at 

 cinnamon -rufous, puler on the thmat; rest of under part-* white; back and 

 tail aAliy gray; iwuluiii white. L., '."J-00; W^ JKM); Tar^ Ko; B. from 

 M). 



K-inark*. A-lults of this ami the nrei-eilin^ .-[.e.-i. - may always U- di- 

 tin^uisheil by the color of the ImaM ; female* and youiij;, by the ditlerently 

 1 lieuds, while the jtodition of the nstril is always diuuii 



Kanye. Northern parts of the northern hemisphere; in Ameriea breed* 

 fniin imrtheni Illinois ami New liriuiswiek northward to the aret'n- r-iri"ii; 

 winters fnnii near the southern limits of its breeding' rniiL''- southwiinl ti <'ul>a. 



Washiinrton, uncommon \V. V. I .on,; Nland, abundant T. V.. Meh. 1 to 

 May 1 ; Oct. 15 to Dec. 1, a few winter. Sinir Simr. <-'>mmon T. V., Dec. to 

 Apl. SO. Cambridge, casual, one instanee. Oct. 



Xttt, of leave*, granea, momes, ete., lined with down, on the Around near 

 water, among rocks or acruhby bushes. Unn** six to twt-he, creamy buff, 

 4-66 x 1-7.'.. 



This is a more common species than tho preceding, which it resem- 

 bles iti habits. Il- m>te is described as a "croak." 



131. Lophodytescucullata>(/./')n.). IIo.niEn Mr.no AXHER. Ad. i. 

 Front part of lar^c eireular erest black ; remaining,' part white, Ordered by 



Mack; rent of head, the neck, and back black ; breast and Wily white; -i.l,-> 

 cinnamon-rufous, rtnely bnrre.l with black, .til.'}. l'p|>cr thmat whit. 

 neck, and up|>er breant grayisli bmwn. more or less tinired w ith oinnamon, 

 es|H-eilly on the small cr.-t ; lower breast and belly white; sides grayifth 

 brown; back fiwcoiw. 1m. Similar, but with nocrv.it. I... }':*>; W., 7-50; 

 Tar., 1 . 



-.-North America generally, nouth in winter to Cuba and Mexico; 

 breed* locally thpuii;bout its North Americuti > 



Wanhinirton. nnc..mmon \V. V. I.otiir Island. um-..rnmon T. V.. rnn- \V. V , 

 Nov. to May. Sin^ Sing, rare T. V'., Meh. Cambridge, formerly common T. 

 V., Oct. to Deo. 



