S2l HOODED M E R G A N S E R. 



black ; interior white : coverts of the wings black and white : pri- 

 maries dufky : lower part of the back, and fides under the wings, 

 cinereous, barred with fmall lines of black : tail brown : legs orange.- 

 In the Female the head and upper part of the neck are dull ferru- 

 ginous : throat white : fore part of the neck, and the breaft, marbled' 

 with deep afti-color : back, fcapulars, and tail, cinereous : primaries- 

 dufky.. Weight of the male two pounds. Length one foot nine.- 

 ExTENT two feet feven. 

 Placs. Frequent Newfoundland and Gree'/tland during fummer; and ap- 



pear, in the fame feafon, in Hudjoris Bay in great flocks. Is found in- 

 Europe, as high as Iceland, where it is called Vatus-bnd. In the Ruffian, 

 dominions is gregarious,, about the great rivers of Sibiria and lake 

 Baikal, 



467. Hooded.. Round-crelledDuck, Cate/l>y,i. g\.-^Ednu. '^60. — L atham 3 iiu 



Mergus cucullatus, Lin. Sjjf. 207.— Lev, Mus. — ^Bl. Mus. 



TVT ^'^^ ^ l^rgCj upright, circular crefl, beginning at the bafe of 

 the bill, and ending at the hind part of the head ; flabelliform, 

 edged with black ; the reft white ; and on each fide, above the eyesj. 

 ftreaked with a fhorter fet of black feathers: forehead, cheeks, neck,, 

 back, and tail, black : breaft and belly white : fides yellowifli ruft, 

 crofTed by flender dufky lines. Head and neck of the Female dark 

 afh, mottled with black : creft fhort, and ruft-colored : back, wings,, 

 and tail, duflcy ; the wings crofled with a white line : breaft and belly 

 white. In Size between a Wigeon and a Teal. 

 Place. This fpecies breeds in fome unknown parts of the north. Appears- 



in New Tork, and other parts of North America, as low as Virginia, 

 and Carolina, in November ; and frequents frefh waters : retires in:= 

 March. 



