. Birds of North Carolina . rt in April. The flesh is strong-tasting and fishy and not highly regarded as food, but a greatmany are killed, nevertheless, during the early spring, which is the season of theirgreatest abundance. There is a saying on Cape Hatteras, One old FishermanDuck will make nine gallons of soup—a tribute indeed to the potency of the highlyflavored flesh. Sherman and II. H. Brimlcj observed Red-breasted Mergansers daily for a weekon White Lake in Bladen Countj during December, 1910. On one occasion severalstooled to Black Duck decoys. Genus Lophodytes (Reichenb.)41. Lophodyt
. Birds of North Carolina . rt in April. The flesh is strong-tasting and fishy and not highly regarded as food, but a greatmany are killed, nevertheless, during the early spring, which is the season of theirgreatest abundance. There is a saying on Cape Hatteras, One old FishermanDuck will make nine gallons of soup—a tribute indeed to the potency of the highlyflavored flesh. Sherman and II. H. Brimlcj observed Red-breasted Mergansers daily for a weekon White Lake in Bladen Countj during December, 1910. On one occasion severalstooled to Black Duck decoys. Genus Lophodytes (Reichenb.)41. Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.). Hooded Ad. cf.—Front part of larKO circular crest black; roniainind part white, borrlered by black;rest of head, the neclv and Ijack l)la<-k; breast and IjcUy wliite; sides cinnamon-rufous, finelybarred with black. Ail. 9.—Upper throat white; head, neck and upper breast graj-ish brown,more or less tinged with cinnamon, especially on the small crest; lower breast and Ijelly white;. Fia. 33. Hoodki) Meruanski; (iiilult male). sides grayish brown; back fuscous. Iin. cf.—Similar, but throat blackish. L., ; W., ;Tar., ; B., (Chap., lSir<h of E. N. A.) Range.—North America, lireeding locally throughout its range, but quite rare and local inthe breeding season in the South. Range in North Carolina.—^\\liole State in winter, most common on the co;kst. Descriptive List 59 This, the smallest of the North American Mergansers, is an exceedingly strikingbird. The fan-shaped crest of finely pointed feathers has given rise to the nameHairyhead, by which it is widely known. In the male this crest is white witha black outer border, thus furnishing a conspicuous mark for identification evenat a distance. Although known to breed occasionally in the South, its nest is seldommet with in eastern North America below New York and Indiana. In the autumnthey may be found in pairs or small flocks on the lakes and millponds. In Curri
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