. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . 7 found in pairs or small flocks along therivers or in open lakes where there are plenty of small fish. In sum-mer the few that remain in the United States to breed keep princi-pally in the high mountains, along the streams or lakes of the Borealzone. Even the half fledged young delight in the cold water andfoaming rapids of a mountain trout stream. VERNON BAILEY. 130. Merganser serrator (Linn.). RED-BREASTED male. — Head and crest black, gloss
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . 7 found in pairs or small flocks along therivers or in open lakes where there are plenty of small fish. In sum-mer the few that remain in the United States to breed keep princi-pally in the high mountains, along the streams or lakes of the Borealzone. Even the half fledged young delight in the cold water andfoaming rapids of a mountain trout stream. VERNON BAILEY. 130. Merganser serrator (Linn.). RED-BREASTED male. — Head and crest black, glossed with green ; neck white ; back black; middle of wings white ; rump gray; chest buffy brown,streaked with blackish ; belly white or creamy ; sides gray. Adult female:. Fig. (J3. head and neck brown, darker and duller on crown and crest; rest of upperparts and tail slaty gray, except for white patch on wings ; under partswhite. Length; 20-25, wing , bill about DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 47 Remarks. - - The female is distinguished from the female americanus bysmaller size, slenderer bill, and position of nostril. Distribution. — Northern part of northern hemisphere, breeding in Amer-ica from Illinois and Minnesota north to Alaska and Greenland ; south inwinter over the United States. Nest. — On ground near water, hidden in grass and weeds, made of leaves,grass, and moss, lined with down. Eggs : 8 to 10, olive buff. The red-breasted merganser is a common duck of the clear streamsand lakes, a good diver and fisher, but rarely fat and often flavoredby its favorite food. GENUS LOPHODYTES. 131. Lophodytes CUCUllatus (Linn.). HOODED MERGANSER. Bill narrow, slender, and with terminal part cylindrical, armed alongedges of mandibles withblunt,
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