260 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 
Hab.—North America, coastwise; Jamaica; Europe, rare (Coues). 
Two recorded in “The Naturalist in Bermuda”—one killed with a 
stick in Hamilton Harbor on the 8th January, 1849, and another shot 
in Pembroke Marsh on the 7th October, 1854. Lieutenant Hussey, 
Royal Engineers, shot one (a female) on a small pond near the light- 
house, on the 17th November, 1874, and kindly presented it to me. 
Sub-family ERISMATURIN ZB. 
Genus ERISMATUBA, Bp. 
157. Erismatura rubida, (Wils.) Bp. Ruddy Duck. 
Anas rubida, Wils., Sab. 
Anas (Fuligula) rubida, Bp. 
Fuligula (Oxyura) rubida, Bp. 
Fuligula (Gymnura) rubida, Nutt. 
Fuligula rubida, Sw. & Rich., Aud., Gir., De Kay, Lemb. 
Erismatura rubida, Bp., Eyt., Gray, Bd., Scl., Heerm., Verr., Coues, Gundl., 
Stev. 
Biziura rubida, Schl., Giebel. 
Anas jamaicensis, Ord. 
Length, 16.00; wing, 5.80; tarsus, 1.26. 
Hab.—North America, at large; south to Guatemala, where found 
breeding at Duefias; Cuba (Coues). 
A young male of this species was shot by Dr. Cole, in a marsh near. 
Hamilton, on the 24th November, 1846. 
Sub-family MERGINA. 
Genus MERGUS, Linn. 
158. Mergus merganser, Linn. Goosander. 
Mergus merganser, Linn., Gm., Lath., Wils., Temm., Bp., Flem., Jen., Sw. & 
Rich., Nutt., Aud., Gir., Naum., Schl., and authors generally. 
Mergus castor, Linn., Gin., Lath., Keys. & Blas., Gray. 
Merganser castor, Bp., Macgill. 
Merganser castor var. americanus, Bp. 
Merganser raii, Leach. 
Merganser gulo, Steph., Leach. 
Mergus americanus, Cass., Bd., Coop. & Suck., Hayd., Dall, Dall & Bann., 
Snow, Finsch, and of many late United States writers. 
Length, 26.50; wing, 11.00; tarsus, 1.84. 
Hab.—North America; Asia; Europe (Coues). 
Included in Colonel Wedderburn’s list as having been seen, but not 
obtained. 
