ORDER ANSERES. 



ORDER ANSERES. LAMELLIROSTRAL 

 SWIMMERS. 



FAMILY ANATID.ZE. DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS. 



SUBFAMILY MERGIN>E. MEBGANSEBS. 

 GENUS MERGANSER BBISSON. 



B. 611. R. 636. C. 743. G. 300. U. 129. 



20. Merganser americanus (CASS.). American Merganser. Winter so journer; 

 quite common. Leave the last of February to middle of March. 



B. 612. R, 637. C. 744. G. 301. U. 130. 



21. Merganser serrato (LINN.). Red-breasted Merganser. Winter visitant; rare. 



GENUS LOPHODYTES REICHENBACH. 



B. 613. R. 638. C. 745. G. 302. U. 131. 



22. Lophodytes cucullatus (LINN.). Hooded Merganser. Resident; rare; com- 

 mon in winter. Begin laying the last of April. Nest in shallow holes and trough- 

 like cavities in trees near the streams, said to be lined with grass, leaves and 

 down. Eggs, six to ten; 2.10x1.72; pure ivory white, with a few neutral tints; in 

 form rounded oval. 



SUBFAMILY ANATINv^E. RIVER DUCKS. 

 GENUS ANAS LINNAEUS. 



B. 576. R. 601. C. 707. G. 282. U. 132. 



23. Anas boschas LINN. Mallard. Resident; rare; in migration abundant. 

 Begin laying the first of May. Nest on the ground in the grass, at the edge of 

 ponds or sloughs, constructed of grass, weeds and leaves loosely scraped or 

 placed together, and lined with feathers and down. Eggs, six to ten; 2.30x1.60; 

 dull greenish white, in form elliptical. 



B. 577. R. 602. C. 708. G. 283. U. 133. 



24. Anas Obscura GMEL. Black Duck. Entered in first catalogue as "migra- 

 tory; rare;" but since, on comparing the specimens captured in the State that I 

 have seen with Eastern ones, they prove to be the "Florida Duck.'' Other writers 

 claim that the birds have been taken in the State, also in Texas, and west to 

 Utah, and I am inclined to think that further investigation will prove it to be 

 the case. With this explanation I let the bird stand as first entered. 



