Index 159 
Merganser, Hooded, Mergus cucullatus, Linnaeus, ii. 113 
et seqq. 
Breeding range, ii. 114 
Courtship, ii. 116 
Crest, ii. 115 
Diet, ii. 115 
Distribution, ii. 114, 115 
Down, ii. 113 
Eggs, ii. 113, 114, 116 
Flesh, ii. 115 
Flight, ii. 1 15, 116 
Habitat, ii. 115, 116 
Habits, ii. 115, 116 
Local names, ii. 113 
Maturity, age of, ii. 113 
Measurements, ii. 114 
Migration, ii. 1 16 
Migration range, ii. 114 
Nest, ii. 116 
Plumage : 
Adult female, ii. 114 
Adult male, ii. 113 
Immature female, ii. 114 
Immature male, ii. 113 
Shooting, ii. 116 
Young in down, ii. 113 
Merganser, Red-breasted, Mergus serrator, Linn^us, ii. 100 
et seqq. 
Active and restless on the water, ii. 107, 108 
Behaviour of the mother bird, ii. 110 
Brackish waters, preference for, ii. 104, 107 
Breeding range, ii. 103 
British Islands, large flocks unusual in, ii. 106 
Comparison with Goosander, ii. 107, 108 
Courtship, ii. 109, no 
Cry, ii. 109 
Destructive of fresh- water fish, ii. in 
Diet, ii. 108 
Distribution, ii. 103-105 
Down, i. 125 ; ii. 100 
Eclipse plumage, ii. 102 
Eggs, ii. 100, no 
Enemies : very rarely assailed by large birds of prey, ii. 
Ill 
Favourite haunt of, in Scotland, a, ii. 107 
Feeding, ii. 108 
Fighting of males not of a serious character, ii. 109 
Fishing for food, ii. 107, 108 
Flesh, relished by Orcadian fishermen, ii. 112 
Flight, ii. 108, 109 
Flight on migration, ii. 107 
Flocking, ii. 109, in 
Packing of immatures, ii. 106, 107 
Habitat, ii. 107 
Habits, ii. 105, 106, no 
Immatures, ii. loi 
Wing of, ii. loi, 102 
Merganser, Red-breasted {continued) — 
Incubation, ii. no 
Incubation period, ii. 100 
Ireland, large flocks observed in, ii. 106 
Local increase in numbers regulated by food supply, 
ii. Ill 
Local names, ii. 100 
Maturity, age of, ii. loi, 102 
Measurements, ii. 102, 103 
Migration, ii. 105, 106, 107, in 
Migration range, ii. 104, 105 
Nest, i. 125 ; ii. 95, no 
Nesting habits, ii. no 
Packing of immatures prior to migration, ii. 106 
Packing only noticeable in autumn, ii. 107 
Parasites, ii. in 
Plumage : 
Adult female, ii. 102 
Adult male, ii. loi 
Eclipse, ii. 102 
Immature female, ii. 102 
Immature male, ii. 10 1 
Young in down, ii. 100 
Resemblance to Goosander, ii. 107, 108 
Severe weather conditions cause temporary migration, ii. 
105, 107 
Shooting, ii. in, 131, 132 
Voracious appetites, ii. 108 
Wings as main character in distinguishing age, ii. 102 
Young in down, ii. 100 
Young life, ii. in 
Millais, Geoffrey, on the Ferruginous Duck in Kashmir, cited, 
i- 35 
Moody, A. F., notes on live ducks possessed by Mr. St. Quintin 
at Scampston : 
Common Scoter, ii. 63 
Eider-Duck, ii. 31 
Long-tailed Ducks, i. 130 
Receipt for preparing food for diving ducks, ii. 148 
Red-crested Pochard, i. 13 
Smews, ii. 124, 125 
Myvatn Lake, ducks on, i. 76, 126, 139 
Black flies at, i. 79 and note, 105 
Naumann, quoted, on : 
Common Scoter, ii. 54, 59 
Eider-Duck, ii. 18 
Ferruginous Duck, i. 32, 35, 37, 39 
Golden-Eye, i. 88, 92 ; ii. 121 
Goosander, ii. 94 
Pochard : 
Common, i. 24 
Red-crested, i. 9, n, 12 
Scaup, i. 71, 80 
Smew, ii. 121, 123 
Tufted Duck, i. 48, 56 
Velvet-Scoter, ii. 69, 73 
