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  Lophodytes 
  cucullatus 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

   Hooded 
  Merganser 
  

  

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  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  J8.44. 
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  2, 
  p. 
  320, 
  lig. 
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   Lophodytes 
  cucullatus. 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  13: 
  

  

  lophod'ytes, 
  Gr. 
  X64>o<;, 
  crest, 
  and 
  8u'r»ys, 
  diver; 
  cncullCi' 
  tiis 
  , 
  Lut., 
  hooded 
  

  

  Description. 
  Male: 
  A 
  large 
  helmet-sha]5cd 
  crest, 
  white 
  bordered 
  

   with 
  blacl-c; 
  rest 
  of 
  head, 
  neck 
  and 
  upper 
  parts 
  black; 
  sides 
  cinnamon 
  - 
  

   rufous 
  finely 
  barred 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  a 
  tuft 
  of 
  enlarged 
  feathers 
  on 
  sides 
  of 
  breast 
  

   in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  with 
  double 
  bars 
  of 
  black 
  and 
  white; 
  speculum 
  white 
  

   with 
  two 
  black 
  bars; 
  inner 
  secondaries 
  striped 
  along 
  the 
  center 
  with 
  white; 
  

   breast 
  and 
  belly 
  white; 
  bill 
  black, 
  legs 
  light 
  brown; 
  iris 
  yellow. 
  Female: 
  

   Head, 
  neck 
  and 
  upper 
  x)arts 
  grayish 
  brown, 
  darker 
  on 
  the 
  back; 
  the 
  head 
  

   and 
  neck 
  tinged 
  with 
  cinnamon, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  crest 
  which 
  is 
  quite 
  

   conspicuous; 
  throat, 
  breast 
  and 
  belly 
  white; 
  middle 
  wing 
  coverts 
  and 
  secon- 
  

   daries 
  show 
  each 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  white. 
  Immature: 
  Similar, 
  but 
  crest 
  smaller. 
  

   Downy 
  young: 
  Dark 
  hair 
  brown 
  above; 
  spots 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  back 
  and 
  

   rump, 
  and 
  rear 
  border 
  of 
  wing 
  grayish 
  white 
  ; 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  head 
  buff, 
  lighter 
  

   on 
  throat; 
  chest 
  dingy; 
  belly 
  white. 
  

  

  Length 
  17-18 
  inches; 
  extent 
  25-27; 
  wing 
  7.5-8; 
  tail 
  4; 
  tarsus 
  1.1-1.2; 
  

   middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  2.35; 
  bill 
  1.4-1.5. 
  

  

  Field 
  marks. 
  The 
  wonderful 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  distinctive 
  even 
  at 
  a 
  

   considerable 
  distance, 
  our 
  only 
  other 
  bird 
  which 
  resembles 
  him 
  even 
  remotely 
  

   being 
  the 
  Buffle-head. 
  The 
  female 
  may 
  be 
  recognized 
  by 
  the 
  slim 
  mergine 
  

   bill, 
  cinnamon 
  crest, 
  and 
  small 
  size 
  for 
  a 
  merganser. 
  

  

  The 
  Hooded 
  merganser. 
  Swamp 
  sheldrake, 
  Hairy-head, 
  or 
  Water 
  

   pheasant 
  is 
  generally 
  distributed 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  occurring 
  in 
  many 
  

   places 
  where 
  the 
  other 
  mergansers 
  are 
  unknown, 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  habit 
  of 
  

   frequenting 
  swamps 
  and 
  ponds 
  which 
  are 
  too 
  small 
  to 
  attract 
  the 
  other 
  

   species. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  breed 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Cayuga, 
  Erie, 
  

   Jefferson, 
  Ontario, 
  Wayne, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Catskill 
  and 
  Adirondack 
  

   regions, 
  and 
  Mr 
  Howell 
  has 
  also 
  found 
  it 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  in 
  midsummer, 
  

   but 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  breeding 
  record 
  for 
  that 
  district. 
  It 
  is 
  rarely 
  

   found 
  throughout 
  the 
  winter 
  within 
  our 
  borders, 
  but 
  is 
  fairly 
  common 
  as 
  

   a 
  migrant, 
  arriving 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  late 
  in 
  March 
  and 
  going 
  north 
  in 
  April, 
  

  

  