ORDER PALMIPEDES. 6^7 



Hooded Merganser, M. Cucullatus of Carolina, Enl. 

 935 and 936. 



Head, neck, and back, dark-brown ; head covered 

 with erect, laterally flattened crest, dusky -white, edged 

 with brown ; beneath, dirty-white, waved ; sides, 

 bufF. North America. Wilson Amer. Orn. viii. t. 

 69, f. 1 ^ . 



Brasilian Merganser. M. Brasiliensis, Vieill. Gal. 



283. 



Crested body ; above, slate-coloured ; beneath, white ; 

 sides, spotted ; bill and feet, black. 



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