MERGANSER. NATATORES. MERGUS. 383 
HOODED MERGANSER. 
Mereus cucutiatus, Linn. 
PLATE LVIII.** 
Mergus cucullatus, Linn. Syst. 1. 207. 1.—Gmel. Syst. 1. 544.—Lath. Ind. 
Orn. 2. 830. sp. 5.—Wils. Amer. Orn. 8. 82. pl. 69. f. 1.—Faun. Amer. 
Boreal. 2. 463. No. 222. 
Merganser Virginianus cristatus, Briss. Orn. 6. 258. 8. 
Merganser cucullatus, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 12. 168. 
Le Harle couronné, Buff: Ois. 8. 280.—Id. Pl. Enl. 935. 36. 
Round-crested Duck, Edward’s Glean. pl. 360. 
Wind Bird, Wiil. (Angl.) 389. 
Hooded Merganser, Penn. Arc. Zool. 2. No. 467.—Lath. Syn. 6. 426. 101. 
—Wils. Amer. Orn. 8. 82. pl. 69. f. 1. male.—Selby in Trans. Nat. Hist. 
Soc. Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle, 1. 291. 
Mergus fuscus, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 832. sp. %? Youn 
Brown Merganser, Arct. Zool. 2. Sup. p. 74. ? B 
I am enabled to add this beautiful species to the list of Rare 
the British Fauna as a rare visitant, upon the authority of Vue 
a specimen that was killed at Yarmouth, in Norfolk, in the 
winter of 1829; the skin of which, through the kind atten- 
tion of an esteemed correspondent, is now in my possession. 
It appears to be a young female, as the crest is not so fully 
developed, or the white upon the secondary quills so large, 
as in the skin of an adult bird of that sex, with which it has 
been compared. Since this capture, I have been informed 
that more instances have occurred, all apparently females, or 
young males in the garb of that sex; the adult male, in his 
elegant piebald plumage, never having yet been seen in Eu- 
rope. ‘This bird is a native of North America, and during 
the summer is found in the higher latitudes, or fur-countries 
of that continent, where it breeds upon the margins of the 
lakes and rivers. The nest is formed of grass and other 
herbage, intermixed and lined with down and feathers. Its Nest, &e. 
eggs are stated to be eight or ten, and white; it is probable, 
however, that, when fresh laid, they will be like those of all 
its congeners, tinged with pale brown or buff. During the 
