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Family PELECANIDjE. 

 Genus PELECANUS. 



10. Peleoanus erythrorhynobos (Gmel). White Pelican. 



Seen occasionally along the valley. A mounted specimen shot 

 at Sam burg, in the possession of a hotel keeper in Union City, 

 was examined. 



Order ANSEKES. 



Family ANATID^I. 



Genus MERGANSER Linnseus. 



11. Merganser americanus (Cuss.). American Merganser. 



Two were seen on the lake near Samburg. This and the Red- 

 breasted are probably included in Mr. Miles "Shelldrake" records 

 for Haywood and Lauderdale Counties. 



Genus LOPHODYTES Reichenbach. 



12. Lophodytes cucullatus (L. ). Hooded Merganser. 



One seen on Tennessee River near Chattanooga. It most likely 



breeds in the State. Probably one of the three kinds of "Summer 



Ducks" mentioned by Mr. Miles as breeding in trees in Haywood 



County is this species. 



Genus ANAS Linnaeus. 



13. Anas boschas L. Mallard. 



Abounding in winter in the Mississippi Valley. Haywood and 

 Lauderdale Counties ; Miles. Memphis and Reelfoot Lake; gun- 

 ners. 



14. Anas obscura Gmel. Black Duck. 



Mounted specimens at Memphis. Haywood and Lauderdale 

 Counties; Miles. 

 15 Anas discors L. Blue-winged Teal. 



A flock of eight fed regularly in a little slough near Samburg 

 during my sojourn there. 



Other pairs were seen on the lake and it is possible they were 

 summer residents. Roane County, migrant, Dr. W. H. Fox. 

 Haywood and Lauderdale Counties; Miles. 



16. Anas carolinensis (imel. Green-winged Teal. 



Reported to me by the gunners. Stuffed specimens seen at Mem- 

 phis. Havwood and Lauderdale Counties; Miles. 

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