I 14 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[B6ii,C 521, R 636, C 743.] 



Hab. North America generally, breeding south to the Northern 

 United States. 



130. Merganser serrator (Linn.). 



Ked-breasted 3Ierganser. 



Mergus serrator Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 129. 

 Merganser serrator Schaffer, Mus. Orn. 1789, 66. 



[B 612, C 522, R 637, C 744.] 



Hab. Northern portions of Northern Hemisphere j south, in win- 

 ter, throughout the United States. 



Genus LOFHODYTES Reichenbach. 



Lophodytes REICHENBACH, Syst. Av. 1832, p. ix. Type, Mergus 

 cttcullatus Linn. 



131. Lophod3rtes cucullatus (Linn.). 



Hooded 3Ierganser. 



Mergus cucullatus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 129. 

 Lophodytes cucullatus Reichenbach, Syst. Av. 1852, p. ix. 



[B 613, C 523, R 638, C 745-] 

 Hab. North America generally, south to Mexico and Cuba, breed- 

 ing nearly throughout its range. 



Subfamily ANATIN^. River Ducks. 



Genus ANAS Linn^us. 

 Anas Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 122. Type, A. boschas Linn. 



132. Anas boschas Linn. 



Mallard. 



Anas boschas Linn. S. N. ed. 10, L 1758, 127. 



[B 576, C 488, R 601, C 707.] 



Hab. Northern parts of Northern Hemisphere ; in America south 

 to Panama and Cuba, breeding southward to the Northern United 

 States. 



