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Mergus senator Linn^us. Red-breasted Merganser. [130.] 



Mergus serrator Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 129. (Sweden.) 



Range. — Northern part of Northern Hemisphere. Breeds in 

 North America from Arctic coast of Alaska, northern Mackenzie, 

 Cumberland Sound, and Greenland (lat. 73°) south to southern British 

 Columbia, southern Alberta, southern Minnesota, central Wisconsin, 

 northern New York, southern Maine, and Sable Island; winters in 

 southern Greenland, the Commander Islands, and from southern 

 British Columbia, Utah, Colorado, southern Wisconsin, southern 

 Ontario, and Maine south to southern Lower California, Louisiana, 

 and Florida; casual in Bermuda, Cuba, and Hawaii. 



Genus LOPHODTTES Reichenbach. 



Lophodytes Reichenbach, Syst. Avium, 1852, ix. Type, by orig. desig., 

 Mergus cuadlatus Linn^us. 



Lophddytes cucull&£us (Linn^us). Hooded Merganser. [131.] 



Mergus cucuUalus Linn^tts, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 129. (Virginia 

 or Carolina.) 



Range. — North America. Breeds from central British Columbia, 

 Great Slave Lake, central Keewatin, central Ungava, and Newfound- 

 land south to southern Oregon, northern New Mexico, southern 

 Louisiana, and central Florida; winters from southern British Colum- 

 bia, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and 

 Massachusetts south to Lower California, Mexico, the Gulf States, 

 and Cuba; rare in northeastern part of range; recorded from St. 

 Michael, Alaska, and from Einrope and Bermuda. 



[Genus MER6ELLUS Selbt. 



MergeUus Selby, Catal. Gen. and Subgen. Types Birds, 1840, 47. Type, 

 by monotjrpy, Mergus alheWus Linnaeus. 



Merggllus albSllus (Linn^us). Smew. [131.1.] 



Mergus aVbellus Linn^tjs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1768, 129. (" . . . .ex 

 Gino insula Smirnam," Turkey.) 



