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159. Mergus serrator, Linn. Red-breasted Merganser. 
Mergus serrator, Linn., Gm., Lath., Pall., Tll., Wils., Temm., Boie, Licht., 
Brehm, Bp., Flem., Sw. & Rich., Nutt., Aud., Keys. & Blas,, Naum., Gray, 
Schl., and nearly all authors. 
Merganser serrator, Vieil., Steph., Bp. 
Mergus niger, Gm. 
Mergus cristatus, Brunn. 
Mergus leucomelas, Brehin. 
Length, 23.25; wing, 8.60; tarsus, 1.80. 
Hab.—Northern hemisphere (Coues). 
Mr. Bartram has an undoubted specimen, obtained by him near St. 
George’s. 
160. Mergus cucullatus, Linn. Hooded Merganser. 
Mergus cucullatus, Linn., Gm., Lath., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Nutt., Jen., Aud., 
Eyt., Keys. & Blas., Temm., Gray, Schl., Gir., Cass., Scl., Coues. 
Merganser cucullatus, Steph., Bp., Macgill. 
Lophodytes cucullatus, Reich., Bp., Bd., Scl., Coop. & Suck., Verr., Coues, 
Gundl., Dress., Dall & Bann., Allen, and of many writers. 
Length, 17.50; wing, 7.90; tarsus, 1.20. 
Hab.—Whole of North America; Europe; Cuba (Coues). 
A female was caught near Ireland Island by one of the crew of H. M. 
S. Scourge, on the 10th of January, 1849, and one was shot near St. 
George’s on the 23d December, 1850. A third example was obtained 
by Mr. Bartram, and is now in his collection. 
Order STEGANOPODES. 
Family SULID. 
Genus SULA, Briss. 
161, Sula fiber, Linn. Booby Gannet. 
Pelecanus fiber, Linn. 
Pelecanus sula, Linn. 
Dysporus sula, Il., Bp. 
Sula brasiliensis, Spix. 
Sula fusca, Vieil., Bp., Nutt., Aud. 
Length, 31.00; wing, 16.50; tarsus, 1.70; tail, 8.50. 
Hab.—Gulf of Mexico ; Atlantic coast from Georgia southward (Baird). 
Colonel Wedderburn records the occurrence of one of these birds, 
which flew into one of the barrack-rooms at Fort Catherine on October 
3, 1847. Another, in Mr. Bartram’s collection, was shot by an officer 
with a revolver, curiously enough, very near the same fort, and a young 
bird in Lieutenant Denison’s collection was caught alive on the rocks 
near Fort Cunningham (at no great distance from Fort Catherine) on 
the 26th September, 1875, living for a short time in confinement. 
