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thought it was only an accidental variety, but a closer 

 examination, and the importation of a female two months 

 later, induced me to believe that it was a true new species. 

 The different coloration of the head and breast, and espe- 

 cially that of the ear-coverts, which is plain grey in 

 L. lutea, obliged me to consider these birds as forming 

 a species, not a subspecies. 



Mr. P. F. BuNYARD exhibited mounted specimens of nest- 

 feathers and down of the Hooded Merganser {Lojifiodi/tes 

 cucuUatus) from N.W. Washington, which he described 

 as follows : — 



Feathers. — Type : terminal portion pure white ; basal or 

 downy portion very pale greyish white, slightly tinged 

 with brown. Length 31 mm. (average ten feathers). 

 These are not unlike those of the Red-breasted Merganser 

 (J/. serrato7'), but are paler and more downy at the base 

 and purer white. 



Doion. — Same colour, but slightly darker than the downy 

 portion of the feathers, as is nearly always the case. 

 Similar to that of the Smew {M. alhellus) and Golden-eye 

 ( C. glaucion) . 



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