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AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 



Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); " Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "common migrant on 

 Lake Erie" (Jerome Trombley); included in Dr. Sagers list of 1839; occasionally a sum- 

 mer resident, especially in the northern part of this state, where it may breed. This 

 fine bird is very common at Saginaw Bay and about all the lakes in spring and fall; it 

 is not fit for table use. 



Red-breasted Merganser, natural size. 



39-130-(744). Merganser serrator (Linn.). RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. 



Rare; migrant; winter resident; often in large flocks; we have it from Saginaw 

 Bay; taken at Plymouth by J. B. Purdy; A. H. Boies reports it from St. Joseph Co.; 

 ''common migrant on Lake Erie" (Jerome Trombley); ''Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); 

 "breeds in Northern Peninsula" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); Mr. S. E. White took nine 

 eggs from a nest on Round Island, near Mackinac Island, the nest was near the water's 

 edge under a low cedar. Dr. A. K. Fisher thinks it doubtful if it breeds in Michigan. 

 This Merganser is given in Sagers list of 1839. 



GENUS LOPHODYTES REICH. 



(Linn.). *HOODED MERGANSER; SAW-BILL; 



40-181-(745). Lophodytes nimllatiis 

 TOP-KNOT. 



Very abundant; "throughout the State" (A. H. Boies); migrant; "Kent Co. and 

 Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); 

 "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "common migrant on Lake Erie" (Jerome Trombley); 

 taken at Plymouth by J. B. Purdy; taken frequently at Pine Lake; in April arid Sept.; 

 may breed as it is occasionally taken in summer; "doubtless breeds, eggs usually ten to 

 twelve, may range from six to eighteen" (Amos W. Butler); said to nest in hollow trees; 

 "feeds on snails and crabs, excellent table duck" (J. H. Whitehead); "flesh almost as rank 

 as that of the two preceding" (Ludwig Kumlein); this is one of our handsomest ducks. 

 In California this duck is not noticed by hunters, as it has no value in the market. 



GENUS ANAS LINN. 



41-182(707). Anas boschas Linn. *MALLARD; MALLARD DUCK; GREEN HEAD. 



Very abundant; throughout the entire State; summer months, though usually a 

 migrant; March, April, Sept. and Oct.; reported common in Kalamazoo and Wayne 



