AVES. 29 



STEGANOPODES. 



PELECANIDAE. 



Me. The supposed Bar Harbor specimen was an escape brought 

 from South America t 



Mass. Accidental visitor: (? Ipswich, doubtful); Nantucket, 

 about 1867 (flock of 13). 



Conn. Accidental visitor: near New Haven. 



FREGATIDAE. 



56. Frf.gata aquila (Linne) Reichenbach. 



Man-o'-war bird; Frigate-bird; Man-o'-war hawk. 



Pelecanus aquilus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 133. 

 "in Insula Adscensionis aliisque pelagicis." 



Taehypeies aquilus Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, 

 vol. 7, p. 10, pi. 421. 



Coastal ; nests in colonies, in low trees or on ground. 



Me. Doubtfully recorded from Boothbay. 



Mass. Accidental visitor: New Bedford, Oct. 17, 1893 (rec- 

 ord not confirmed). 



Conn. Accidental visitor: Faulkner's Id., autumn, 185'. . 



ANSERES. 



A"NATIDAE. 



57. Mergus americanus Cassin. 



American Merganser; Buff-breasted Merganser; Goosander; 

 Pond shelldrake. 



Cassin, Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1853, vol. 6, p. 187. Based on 

 Wilson, no locality; probably New Jersey or Pennsylvania. 



Mergus merganser Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, 

 vol. 6, p. 387, pi. 411. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 21, fig. 5. 



Mainly in fresh water; nests in hollow trees. 



