. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . Genus MERGANSER Brisson. Merganser americanus (male). Merganser americanus ffemale). MERGANSER AMERICANUS {Cass.).American Merganser. Adult male : Bill red, long and narrow, with tooth-like serrations; head and neck greenishblack; under parts creamy white tinged with salmon color ; tail gray; feet red. Length, ; Wing, 11; Tarsus, 2 ; Bill, Adult female: Upper throat white ; breast and head rufous brown; belly white ; speculumwhite; feet orange. Length, ; Wing, ; Tarsus, ;

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. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . Genus MERGANSER Brisson. Merganser americanus (male). Merganser americanus ffemale). MERGANSER AMERICANUS {Cass.).American Merganser. Adult male : Bill red, long and narrow, with tooth-like serrations; head and neck greenishblack; under parts creamy white tinged with salmon color ; tail gray; feet red. Length, ; Wing, 11; Tarsus, 2 ; Bill, Adult female: Upper throat white ; breast and head rufous brown; belly white ; speculumwhite; feet orange. Length, ; Wing, ; Tarsus, ; Bill, 2. The distance from the nostril to the tip of the bill is less than inches in this species, andthe female may be distinguished from the next species, Red-breasted Merganser, by this KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 213 character, as the Red-breasted Merganser has a distance from the nostril to the tip of the bill ofmore than inches. This species ranges throughout North America and is not uncommon onthe Atlantic coast from Maine to Georgia. Occasionally a specimenwanders as far south as Florid

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