ERISMATUEA EUBIDA, RUDDY DUCK. 583 



ERISMATURA RUBIDA, (Wils.) Bp. 

 . Ruddy Dnck, 



Jnas ruliila, Wils., Am. Orn. viii, 1814, 198, 130, pi. 71, f. 5, 6.— Sab., Frankl. Journ. 700. 



Anas (FuUgula) rubida, Bp., Obs. Wils. 18-25, No. 268. 



Fuligula (Oxyura) niMda, Bp., Syn. 1828, 390. 



FuUgula {Crymnura) rubida, Nutt., Man. ii, 1834, 426. 



Fuligula ruWda, Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 455.— Acd., Orn. Biog. iv, 1838, 326 ; pi. 

 343 ; Syn. 1839, 288 ; B. Am. vi, 1843, 324, pi. 399.— GiR., B. L. I. 1844, 326.— 

 DbKay, N. y. Zool. ii, 1844, 327.— Lbmb., Av. Cub. 1850, 118. 



Cerconectes rubida, Wagl., Isls, 1832, 282. 



Erismatura rubida, Bp., List, 1838, 59; Compt. Rend. Sept. 1856, 652.— Eyt., Mon. Anat. 

 1838, 171.— Gray, List B. Br. Mus. 1844, 146 ; Gen. of B. iii, 1849, 627.— Bd., B. 

 N. A. 1858, 811.— SCL., P. Z. S. 1859, 393 (Oaxaca) ; Ibis, i, 1859, 232 (Guate- 

 mala, breeding). — Heei!M., P. E, R. Rep. x, 18S9, pi. vi, 70 (California). — Ross, 

 Canad. Nat. 1862.— Hayd., Rep. 1862, 176.— Blak., Ibis, 1862, 150.— Verr., Pr. 

 Ess. Inst, iii, 1862, 159.— Coues, ibid, v, 1868, 201.— Gundl., Av. Cuba, 1866, 

 390.— Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv. Ter. 1870, 466.— Coues, Key, 1872, 295 ; Am. Nat. 

 viii, 1874, p. — . 



Biziura rubida, Schl., Mus. P.-B. viii, 1865, 11. — Giebel, Nomencl. Av. i, 1872, p. — . 



Anas jamaicenms, Ord, ed. Wila. viii, 1825, 138. 



Erismatura "dominica"* (err.), Holden, Pr. Bost. Soo. xv, 1872, 210. 



Hal). — North America at large. South to Guatemala, where found breeding at Du- 

 enas. Cuba (Cab., J. f. O. v, 1857, 230). 

 Lieutenant Warren's Expedition. — 5472, Mouth of the Platte. 

 Later Expeditions. — 60862, Pacific Creek, Wyoming. • 



This species occurs throughout the Missouri region in suitable situa- 

 tions, during the migrations, and also breeds within such limits. I 

 found it nesting in numbers in the pools about Turtle Mountain, Da- 

 kota, where the young were swimming in July. It was also observed 

 during the breeding season in Montana, along the Milk River and its 

 northern tributaries. 



Subfamily MEEGlNiE: Mergansers. 



MERGUS MERGANSER, Linn. 



Mergauser; Goosander; Sheldrake; Fishing Dnck, 



Mergus merganser, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 208. — Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, .544. — Lath., 

 lud. Orn. ii, 1790, 828.— WiLS., Am. Orn. viii, 1814, 68, pi. 68.— Temm., Man. 

 1820, 575.— Bp., Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 248 ; Syn. 1828, 397.— Doughty, Cab. N. 

 H. i, 1830, 109, pi. 10.— Flbm., Br. An. 128.— .Jen., Man. 249.— Sw. & Rich., P. 

 B. A. ii, 1831, 461.— NUTT., Man. ii, 1834, 460.— Atjd., Orn. Biog. iv, 1838, 261, 

 pi. 331 ; Syn. 1839, 297 ; B. Am. vi, 1843, 387, pi. 411.— GiR., B. L. I. ]S44, 339.— 

 Naum., V. D. xi-i, 1844, 356, pi. 326.— Schl., Rev. Crit. 121.— Max., J. f. 0. vii, 

 1859, 241.— Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 183.— Coues, Key, 1872, 296 ; and of 

 authors generally. 



* The synonymy of E. dominica is as follows : 

 Anas (Jommicffl, LiNN"., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 201.— Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 521. — Lath., Ind. 



Orn. ii, 1790, 874.— ViHiix., Ency. Meth. i, 'l823, 157.— Maxim., Naturg. Bras. 



iv, pt. ii, 1833, 938.— Burm., Th. Bras, iii, 1856, 439. 

 Fuligula dominica, Steph., Gen. Zool. xii, pt. ii, 1824, 203. 

 Erismatura dominica, Eyt., Mon. Anat. 1838, — . — Gray, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 1844, 146 ; Gen. 



of B. iii, 1849, 627.— Bp., Compt. Rend. 1856, 652.— Cab., J. f. 0. v, 1857, 231.— 



Newt., Ibis, 1859, 367.— Sol., P. Z. S. 1860, 254.— Gundl., Av. Cuba, 1866, 391.— 



Rbinh., Vid. Med. 1870, 20.— Coues, Key, 1872, 295. 

 Biziura dominica, Schl., Mus. P.-B. viii, 1865, 9. 

 Anas spinosa, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 522.— Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 874.— Burm., Th. 



Bras, iii, 1856, 440. 

 Cerconectes spinosa, Wagl., Isis, 1832, 282. 

 Erismatura spinosa, Gosse, B. Jam. 1847, 404. 

 Erismatura ortygoides, Gosse, B. .lam. 1847, 407.— Bp., Compt. Rend. 1856, 652. 



Hai. — West Indies and South America. Accidental in North America. (Lake Cham- 

 plain, Cabot, Pr. Bost. Soc. vi, 375, and Wisconsin, ibid, xiv, 154, and Am. Nat. v, 441.) 



