ROUND-CRESTED DUCK. 
The Round -Crested Duck, we apprehend, 
is the name by which this bird was called in 
America, from whence Edwards received the 
subjedl he has so finely figured, and wh-ich 
we have copied. It is the Mcrgus Cuciillatus, 
of Linnjsus and Gmelin ; the Merganser Vir- 
ginianus Cristatus, of Brisson ; the Serrator 
Cucullatus, of Klein ; the Wind-Bird, of 
WiUughby ; the Hooded Merganser, of Pen- 
nant and Latham ; the Crowned Merganser, 
of Buffon ; and the Round-Crested Duck, of 
Gatesby and Edwards. 
Of this bird Edwards gives a. very minute 
description, which w^e shall entirely tran- 
scribe. 
*' The wing of the Round-Crefted Duck, 
when closed, measures seven inches and a 
half. It appears to be rather larger than a 
Teal. It has a narrow black bill, bcinfj^ as 
deep as broad. The upper mandible is finely 
toothed on it's edges, and the lower mandible 
has 
