1880.] SPECIES OF ANATID^. 531 



2. Merganetta turneri, Scl. et Salv. Turner's Torrent- 

 Duck, 



Merganetta turneri, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 18/6, p. 407 ; Ex. Orn. 

 p. 199, t. 100. 



Hub. Rivers of the Andes of Cuzco. 



3. Merganetta leucogenys (Tsch.). "White-cheeked Torrent- 

 Duck. 



Merganetta leucogenys, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 408. 



Hab, Rivers of the Andes of Columbia, Ecuador, and North Peru. 



J. Subfam. IX. MERGINiE. 



The Mergansers are not good subjects for our Grardens, requiring 

 supplies of live fishes to keep them in good health. We have occa- 

 sionally examples of the Goosander, Red-breasted Merganser, and 

 Smew J but they cannot be said to thrive under our treatment. 



Genus Mergus. 



1. Mergus merganser (Linn.). Goosander. 

 Mergus castor, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. t. 34. 

 Hab. Palaearctic and Nearctic Regions. 



We received females of the Goosander in 1864, and males in 1865 

 and 1867 ; but they have never done well with us. 



2. Mergus serrator, Linn. Red-breasted Merganser. 

 Mergus serrator, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. t. 35. 



Hub. Palearctic and Nearctic Regions. 



We obtained two examples of this bird from the Zoological Gar- 

 dens of Hamburgh in August 1866 ; but one arrived dead and the 

 other did not long survive. 



3. Mergus cucullatus, Linn. Hooded Merganser. 

 Mergus cucullatus, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. t. 36. 

 Hab. N. America, occasional in Europe. 



Not yet obtained alive, so far as I know. 



4. Mergus albellus, Linn. Smew. 

 Mergus albellus, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. t. 37. 

 Hab. Palaearctic Region. 



First exhibited in 1851, according to our records, and since ob- 

 tained occasionally. 



5. Mergus australis, Hombr. et Jacq. Antarctic Merganser. 



Merganser australis, Hombr. et Jacq. Voy. P. S., Ois. t. 31, 

 fig. 2. 



Hab. Auckland Islands. 



Only known, I believe, from the original example in the Paris 

 Museum. 



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