. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 120 LAMELLIROSTUAL SVVIMMKHS — ANSEllErf. Eggs of tliis species collec-tefl on irudson's Hay by Mr. Droxler (Smitlisoniaii Iiisti- tntioii, No. 4c{5()) vary from to inches in length, and from to in breadth, and are of a uniform pale-drab color. Mr. Dresser describes the color of this egg as being a dull stone-drab, or creamy buff, with a greenish-gray tinge, and as measuring from inches by , and by , to l)y , and by The down with which the n
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 120 LAMELLIROSTUAL SVVIMMKHS — ANSEllErf. Eggs of tliis species collec-tefl on irudson's Hay by Mr. Droxler (Smitlisoniaii Iiisti- tntioii, No. 4c{5()) vary from to inches in length, and from to in breadth, and are of a uniform pale-drab color. Mr. Dresser describes the color of this egg as being a dull stone-drab, or creamy buff, with a greenish-gray tinge, and as measuring from inches by , and by , to l)y , and by The down with which the nest of this bird is lined is light gray, with a bluish tinge, the centres being white, and the tips grayish white. Jlr. Dresser thinks none of this species remain to breed in New Hrunswick; but in this he is certainly mis- taken, as I have met with its nests in the more southern portions. It is probably more or less common in that province and in Nova Scotia. I M\i Genus LOPHODYTES, Keiciiknhach. Lophodytes, Heiciienb. Syst. Av. 1852, [i. ix. (type, Mcrrjus cuculltitics, Linn.). Char. Bill shorter than the liuatl, black ; serrations compressed, low, short, inserted obliquely on the eil},'e of the bill. Tail more than half as long as thi! wings. Tarsus about two thirds as long as the longest toe (with claw). Head with a full, semicu'cular, compressed crest of hair-like L. cucullatitu The genus Lophodijtes is quite distinct from Mergus in the possession of the above characters. The bill is also nnich more (le])resscd terminally, and, in proportion to its length, deeper through the base. The nostrils are situated far back, as in AT. sermtor. But one species is known, unless the Mergus odosetacens of Vieillot,i a South American bird (which we have not seen), be referable to this geiuis rather than to Mergus. * Mergus octosetaceus. «. Mergus octosetaceus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XIV. 1817, 222. —ScL. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, 409 (monographic )• Mergus hrasiliaims, Vi
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