ORDER ANSERES. 113 



HAB. Pacific coast, from San Francisco to Cape St. Lucas, and 

 probably to Mexico and Central America. 



FAMILY FREGATIDA MAN-O'-WAR BIRDS. 



GENUS FREGATA CUVIER. 



Fregata Cuv. Leg. d'Anat. Comp. I. 1799-1800, tab. ii. Type, Pele- 

 canus aquilus LINN. 



128. Fregata aquila (LINN.). 



Man-o'-War Bird. 



Pelecanus aquilus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, F33- 

 Fregata aquila REICH. Syst. Av. 1852, p. vi. 



[B 619, C 537, R 639, C 761.] 



HAB. Tropical and subtropical coasts generally ; in America, north 

 to Florida, Texas, and California, and casually on the Atlantic coast 

 to Nova Scotia. 



ORDER ANSERES. LAMELLIROSTRAL 



SWIMMERS. 



FAMILY ANATID-ZS- DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS. 

 SUBFAMILY MERGING. MERGANSERS. 



GENUS MERGANSER BRISSON. 



Merganser BRISS. Orn. VI. 1 760, 230. Type, Mergus merganser LINN. 

 129. Merganser americanus (CASS.). 



American Merganser. 



Mcrgus americanus CASSIN, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. VI. 1853, 187. 

 Merganser americanus STEJN. Orn. Expl. Kamtsch. 1885, 177. 



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