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Harelda GLACiAT.is, Linn. 



Common on the lake during winter and early spring. 



Mergus merganser, Linn. 



Common. Remain during winter. 



*Mergus serrator, Linn. 



Common. A few nest with us. 



*Mergus cucculatvs, Linn. 



Abundant. Nest on the reedy flats. 



PELACANID^, (2 species.) 



Phalacrocorax dilophus, Swain. 



Occasionally visit our rivers and small lakes. Rare. 



Pelecanus ONOCROTALrs, Livn. 



About the 10th of March the pelicans arrive, and after spending a few days in 

 the small lakes, go further north. 



LARID^, (9 species.) 



Sterna cayana, Lath. 

 Rarely visit us. 



* Sterna nigra, Linn. 



Abundant about lakelets and marshes. Never found on Lake Michigan. 



Sterna anglica, Montague- "^ 



We have but seldom met the marsh Tern in this vicinity. 



*Sterna hirundo, Linn. 



Abundant. Nest on a small rocky island in the northern part of Lake 

 Michigan. 



Larus Franklinii, Rich. 



Visit us only in severe winters. Rare. 



Larus Bonapartii, Rich. 



Associate with the common Tern fall and spring in great numbers. 



Larus glaucus, Brunnich, 

 Another rare winter visiter. 



*Larus argentatus, Brnnnich. 



The common gull of the lakes. Nest on a rocky island in company with the 

 common Tern. 



Larus zonorhynchus, Rich. 



A rare species with us. Mr. Samuel Circum has a specimen shot at Mihvaukie. 



COLYMBID.^, (5 species.) 



*CoLYMBUS GLACIALIS, Linn. 



Common. 



CoLYMBUS septentrionalis, Linn. 

 Not uncommon during winter. 



PODICEPS RUBRICOLLIS, Lath. 



Only found in winter. Rare. 



PODICEPS CORNUTUS, LitlTl. 



Common spring and fall. 



*P0DICEPS CaROLIENSIS. 



Common. Nest in marsh', , 



