4. Common Merganser
Mergus merganser

  • Latin name : Mergus merganser americanus Cassin, 1852
  • Inventory number : Série 49E Feuillet 37
  • Dates :October 1803 – March 1805
  • Full size : H. 58cm ; l. 30,7cm
  •  Physical description : Pastel, graphite, ink on paper
  •  Inscriptions : {crossed out words} (ink, at upper right)
    femelle (ink, at right of center)

  • Link to Harvard University collections :
    non-identical duplicate
  •  : Harle, femelle, commonly called Shell Duck. New York, , 1807 Jan. 28

Bird hanging by the left leg.