HOODED MERGANSER (PLATE CCXXXII)

Lophodytes cucullatus JWTM 31 fine, fresh impression, some foxing 20 3/4 by 26 in.; 529 by 660 mm. Based on a composition painted in New Orleans, 1821. 'Excepting the Smew or White Nun, the Hooded Merganser is the handsomest of its family... is a most expert diver, and so vigilant that at times it escapes even from the best percussion gun.'.