HOODED MEEGANSEK. 541 



Mekgus sbbratob Linnaeus. 



Ked-breasted IVteFgariser. 

 JHergiM serrator, Kirtlanb, Ohio Geolog. Snrv., 1836, 166, 187. — Whbaton, Ohio Agric. 

 Rep. for 1860, 370, Eeprint, 1861, 120; Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 

 1874, 574; Reprint, 1875, 14.— Langdon, Cat. Birds of Gin., 1877, 17; Revised 

 List, Journ. Gin. Soo. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 186 ; Reprint, 18 ; Snmmer Birds, ib., iii, 

 1880, 229.— DURT and Fkbeman, ib , iii, 1880, 104; Reprint, 5. 



itergiia serrator, Lnwaius, Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 208. 



Nostrils snbbasal ; frontal feathers not reaching beyond those on sides of bill ; a long, 

 ♦hin, pointed crest in both sexes. Smaller than the last ; wing, 8-9 ; general coloration, 

 and sexaal difference the same, but the male -with the jngulum rich reddish-brown, 

 black-streaked, the sides conspicuously finely waved with black, a white, black-bordered 

 mask in front of the wing, and the wing crossed by two black bars. 



Habitat, Northern Hemisphere. 



Not common. Spring and fall migrant and winter resident ; much the 

 rarest of the three species with us, as appears to be the case in other 

 places in the interior, and it appears to be more common in fall and 

 winter than in spring. I have never seen more than half a dozen adult 

 males. 



Snb-genuB Lophodytes, Bill shorter than head. Head with an erect crest. Tarsus 

 ooo-half the middle toe. 



Mekgus oucullatus. Linnaeus. 



XjLooded JVterganser. 

 Mergua cuoullatm, Kirtland, Ohio Geolog. Snrv., 1838, 166, 187.— Wheaton, Food of 

 Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 574 ; Reprint, 1875 ; 14.— Langdon, Cat. Birds 

 of Cin., 1877, 17 ; Revised List, Jonrn. Gin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 186 ; Reprint, 

 0. 

 Lophodytes cumllatus, Whkaton, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 370 ; Reprint, 1861, 12. 



Mergus cucullatua, LiNNiEus, Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 238. 

 Lophodytes cuoullatus, Rbichbnback, Syst. Av., 1852, ix. 



Nostrils sub-basal ; frontal feathers reaching beyond those on sides of bill ; a compact 

 erect, semicircular, laterally-compressed crest in the male, smaller and less rounded 

 isi the female; male, black, including two crescents in front of wing, and bar across 

 gpeculum ; under parts, centre of crest, speculum and stripes on tertials, white ; sides 

 •hestnut, black-barred ; length, 18-19 ; wing, 8; female smaller ; head and neck brown ; 

 ehin whitish ; back and sides dark-brown, the feathers with paler edges ; white on the 

 wing less, bill reddish at base below. 



Habitat, North America. Cuba. Europe. 



Very common spring and fall migrant, probably a not common summer 

 resident. The Hooded Merganser is the most abundant species of the 

 genus with us, and is about equally common in spring and fall. It is 

 «8ually found singly or in pairs, sometimes in small flocks, in rivers 



